---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE."
description: "This bill increases the minimum wage to be paid in this State beginning in 2018 and ending in 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Delaware SB 170 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret Rose Henry", "Robert Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-28"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ee19ad2-320d-4fec-89d9-48c4b85fd0ae"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26445"
source_hash: "e65c4e5869d80a6424a9d8cceddce5b1173a3d81f00e1c6f040c5cbe43540587"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 170 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

This bill increases the minimum wage to be paid in this State beginning in 2018 and ending in 2021.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26445&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB170)

## Votes

- SM — **11–10** (pass) · upper
- SM — **21–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Robert Marshall — primary (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Amendment SA 1 to SB 170 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-30** Laid On Table in Senate
- **2018-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2018-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2018-06-30** Amendment SA 2 to SB 170 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 8 NO 2 NOT VOTING `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Amendment SA 1 to SB 170 - Laid On Table in Senate `amendment-deferral`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 10 NO `passage`
- **2018-07-01** Amendment HA 2 to SB 170 - Defeated By House. Votes: 20 YES 20 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 18 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ee19ad2-320d-4fec-89d9-48c4b85fd0ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).