---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMENT TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION."
description: "This Act makes substantial changes to clarify and modernize § 2347 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, Chapter 23 of Title 19 of the Delaware Code, as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "Delaware SB 315 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-07"
last_action: "2022-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79178679-935e-4d8f-8081-60a1a6e73f42"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=119628"
source_hash: "c91a4b4f8453c522d2d475dd3a9a3f2b391ab1482939de627a5061308c37bb8b"
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 315 (151) — AN ACT TO AMENT TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

This Act makes substantial changes to clarify and modernize § 2347 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, Chapter 23 of Title 19 of the Delaware Code, as follows:

## 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=119628&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB315)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-16** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-07** 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/79178679-935e-4d8f-8081-60a1a6e73f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).