---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM."
description: "This substitute for House Bill No. 128, like House Bill No. 128, does the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Delaware HB 128 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-20"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62f5dccf-7d0e-4f24-b253-409d1a9eba5a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142589"
source_hash: "bf4d5c5065563caa6cf4e1c5caec0d7dc05edf538a6fded675536d10e29df869"
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 128 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM.

This substitute for House Bill No. 128, like House Bill No. 128, does the following:

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 128 `introduction`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-24** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-07-30** 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/62f5dccf-7d0e-4f24-b253-409d1a9eba5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).