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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 RELATING TO NON-CHARGING OF COVID-19 RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS. This Act would ensure that employers are not charged for the benefit wages of employees who they had to terminate, furlough, or lay off due to the economic shutdown needed to respond to the COVID-19 public health crisis. The intention of the Department of Labor is to use other sources of federal funds to repay the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund for the COVID-19 related benefits paid to these claimants, instead of charging the employers. It is not the intention to increase taxes on employers, and for most employers, this Act will avoid a significant increase in their unemployment tax assessment rates from COVID-19 related charges. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 150 HB 353 Delaware HB 353 (150)
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Delaware HB 353 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 RELATING TO NON-CHARGING OF COVID-19 RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS.

This Act would ensure that employers are not charged for the benefit wages of employees who they had to terminate, furlough, or lay off due to the economic shutdown needed to respond to the COVID-19 public health crisis. The intention of the Department of Labor is to use other sources of federal funds to repay the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund for the COVID-19 related benefits paid to these claimants, instead of charging the employers. It is not the intention to increase taxes on employers, and for most employers, this Act will avoid a significant increase in their unemployment tax assessment rates from COVID-19 related charges.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2/3 — 410 (pass) · lower
  • 3/5 — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (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
  • 2020-06-24 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 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/28246300-67e5-4120-9f01-afa25756e4d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).