---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION."
description: "This Act changes the penalty for an employer’s failure to file a report required by the Division of Unemployment Insurance from $17.25 to 15% of the total contributions paid or payable by the employer, unless 15% of the total contributions is less than $100 or more than $450. If 15% of the total contributions is less than $100, the penalty is $100. If 15% of the total contributions is more than $450, the penalty is $450."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Delaware SB 127 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-31"
last_action: "2019-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56315053-3d46-4ed0-8406-b961182fdbee"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47554"
source_hash: "bb1260ec30efdf52679336c45d3ff0b8d49079a4e3437ca979e3f384ca2dc5bc"
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 127 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

This Act changes the penalty for an employer’s failure to file a report required by the Division of Unemployment Insurance from $17.25 to 15% of the total contributions paid or payable by the employer, unless 15% of the total contributions is less than $100 or more than $450. If 15% of the total contributions is less than $100, the penalty is $100. If 15% of the total contributions is more than $450, the penalty is $450.

## 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=47554&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB127)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-17** 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/56315053-3d46-4ed0-8406-b961182fdbee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).