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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE."
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description: "Mothers who give birth to monoamniotic twins are often hospitalized as early as 26 weeks into the pregnancy due to the risk of complications of having twins share a single amniotic sack. Mothers who give birth to multiples of 3 or more often have the same issue of requiring extensive medical pre-natal care. As a result, the benefits provided under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) are often exhausted by the time the mother and children are discharged from the hospital. This bill provides that mothers who are full time state employees may have up to six weeks of unpaid leave following the newborn(s) discharge from the hospital even if their FMLA benefits have been exhausted."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 64"
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citation: "Delaware HB 64 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Ruth Briggs King"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-03-09"
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last_action: "2017-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/980a566a-b477-45b8-9746-94a380ff3188"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25449"
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source_hash: "8d2a8acbc2824ecc249bc16e21401f448fdb1cc1dbf6160175db783e9a0f503e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 64 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.
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Mothers who give birth to monoamniotic twins are often hospitalized as early as 26 weeks into the pregnancy due to the risk of complications of having twins share a single amniotic sack. Mothers who give birth to multiples of 3 or more often have the same issue of requiring extensive medical pre-natal care. As a result, the benefits provided under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) are often exhausted by the time the mother and children are discharged from the hospital. This bill provides that mothers who are full time state employees may have up to six weeks of unpaid leave following the newborn(s) discharge from the hospital even if their FMLA benefits have been exhausted.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25449&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB64)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-21** Amendment SA 1 to HB 64 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-22** Amendment SA 1 to HB 64 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2017-06-22** Amendment SA 2 to HB 64 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-09-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/980a566a-b477-45b8-9746-94a380ff3188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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