---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE."
description: "This is a clean-up bill that moves certain workers’ compensation-related provisions in Chapter 25 of Title 18 to Chapter 26 of Title 18, the latter of which shall exclusively govern workers’ compensation filings. The bill also makes technical corrections to conform with the Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Delaware HB 284 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df8fb627-a79b-4a9f-ae39-0221cbd9cfc2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140846"
source_hash: "ca2e94dc44d6915de349a7534f15495f8a19bb2fa8a1a9a37a9c1f40213a9902"
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 284 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE.

This is a clean-up bill that moves certain workers’ compensation-related provisions in Chapter 25 of Title 18 to Chapter 26 of Title 18, the latter of which shall exclusively govern workers’ compensation filings. The bill also makes technical corrections to conform with the Legislative Drafting Manual.

## 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=140846&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB284)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-08-02** 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/df8fb627-a79b-4a9f-ae39-0221cbd9cfc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).