republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-81.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.	This Bill clarifies language allowing for the direct deposit of child support owed and collected by employers from individuals under a support order from the Family Court. In addition, this Bill requires employers who have 50 or more employees to send payments to the Division of Child Support Services by electronic funds transfer and allows employers with less than 50 employees to do the same. Finally, the bill requires payments made via electronic transfer to be made before or at the time the employee is paid.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 81	Delaware HB 81 (150)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz	1	7	2	2019-03-12	2019-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/628bc015-dd0c-4025-9e97-2840b6d1e97c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47189	7c527a298d33e12154ac46c03cf577d78d0b6f60743d586d7c05520bf4b30d14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 81 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.

This Bill clarifies language allowing for the direct deposit of child support owed and collected by employers from individuals under a support order from the Family Court. In addition, this Bill requires employers who have 50 or more employees to send payments to the Division of Child Support Services by electronic funds transfer and allows employers with less than 50 employees to do the same. Finally, the bill requires payments made via electronic transfer to be made before or at the time the employee is paid.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-12 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-05-07 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-05-07 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-05 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-12 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/628bc015-dd0c-4025-9e97-2840b6d1e97c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).