---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTABLISHING A WORK A DAY EARN A PAY PILOT PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION."
description: "This Senate Joint Resolution authorizes and encourages the Delaware Department of Transportation to conduct a Work a Day Earn a Pay Pilot Public Works Jobs Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SJR 7"
citation: "Delaware SJR 7 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-26"
last_action: "2018-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d372a8a-f5a2-4cf0-8fba-ff43a3fd34d5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26986"
source_hash: "b6277895d1f02c9428d448b7bd0d1538f061a2c35df599ad1f6f28e5f2e3707e"
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 SJR 7 (149) — ESTABLISHING A WORK A DAY EARN A PAY PILOT PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

This Senate Joint Resolution authorizes and encourages the Delaware Department of Transportation to conduct a Work a Day Earn a Pay Pilot Public Works Jobs Program.

## 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=26986&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR7)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Marshall — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-26** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-06-27** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2018-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-28** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-25** 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/0d372a8a-f5a2-4cf0-8fba-ff43a3fd34d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).