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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 29 AND 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. | Prior to the pandemic occasioned by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), approximately 500 initial unemployment claims were filed in Delaware each week. Between March 15 and May 30, 2020, the Department of Labor received over 100,000 initial claims, bringing the average number of pandemic related unemployment, extended and new federal benefit claims to an average of 10,000 per week. Although it is too early to know the total amount of pandemic-related claims that will be appealed to the Board, the massive increase in overall claims is expected to generate a commensurate increase in the number of appeals. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 150 | HB 351 | Delaware HB 351 (150) |
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Delaware HB 351 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 29 AND 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Prior to the pandemic occasioned by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), approximately 500 initial unemployment claims were filed in Delaware each week. Between March 15 and May 30, 2020, the Department of Labor received over 100,000 initial claims, bringing the average number of pandemic related unemployment, extended and new federal benefit claims to an average of 10,000 per week. Although it is too early to know the total amount of pandemic-related claims that will be appealed to the Board, the massive increase in overall claims is expected to generate a commensurate increase in the number of appeals.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-06-17 Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2020-06-25 Suspension of Rules in House
- 2020-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2020-06-25 Suspension of Rules in Senate
- 2020-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2020-08-25 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c08aa7b6-a43d-4b46-93b3-5d78ca67e0e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).