---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS COMPENSATION"
description: "This Act increases the number of members of a limited liability corporation who are eligible for exemption from workers compensation reimbursement from four to eight, making the number equal to the number of officers in a traditional corporation who are eligible for exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Delaware HB 144 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Ruth Briggs King", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-10"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d74f5b81-0e65-4fb7-ac12-d87de45a04c6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130347"
source_hash: "06c927f42a4e8567a2ce39f9bacf9e24121a555162eb09e80a01dfbc8a26c6de"
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 HB 144 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS COMPENSATION

This Act increases the number of members of a limited liability corporation who are eligible for exemption from workers compensation reimbursement from four to eight, making the number equal to the number of officers in a traditional corporation who are eligible for exemption.

## 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=130347&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB144)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-06** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-30** 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/d74f5b81-0e65-4fb7-ac12-d87de45a04c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).