republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-409.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT.	This Act creates a state mass layoff and plant closing notice requirement law that requires certain larger employers to provide their employees with adequate notice when they plan to go out of business, close a plant, or lay off a large number of employees. This Act requires employers to also notify the Department of planned mass layoffs and plant closings, so the Department can provide dislocated workers with services to assist them in returning to work as soon as possible. This Act imposes greater notice requirements on employers than the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”). This Act authorizes the Department of Labor to investigate violations, conduct administrative hearings for employers who are alleged to have violated this Act, and pursue penalties for failure of an employer to comply with the notice requirements to its employees.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 409	Delaware HB 409 (149)	bill		enacted	Michael Mulrooney Robert Marshall	1	10	2	2018-05-03	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/5e3b73c6-ac66-41dc-888d-7eb5a094462e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26633	8e06457080d6b1e4620b32d875be05b2243b11ac4470bec8dbb9906efaa1c528	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 409 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT.

This Act creates a state mass layoff and plant closing notice requirement law that requires certain larger employers to provide their employees with adequate notice when they plan to go out of business, close a plant, or lay off a large number of employees. This Act requires employers to also notify the Department of planned mass layoffs and plant closings, so the Department can provide dislocated workers with services to assist them in returning to work as soon as possible. This Act imposes greater notice requirements on employers than the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”). This Act authorizes the Department of Labor to investigate violations, conduct administrative hearings for employers who are alleged to have violated this Act, and pursue penalties for failure of an employer to comply with the notice requirements to its employees.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 34–3 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
• Robert Marshall — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-03 Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 409 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 409 - Stricken in House
• 2018-06-14 Amendment HA 2 to HB 409 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-14 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 3 NO 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-14 Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 3 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e3b73c6-ac66-41dc-888d-7eb5a094462e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).