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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF AND WAGES PAYABLE TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES."
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description: "This Act is called the Jamie Wolfe Employment Act in recognition of Jamie Wolfe, a powerful disability rights advocate who worked tirelessly on behalf of people with disabilities for equal rights and equal access to education, housing, competitive and integrated employment, transportation and community-based services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 122"
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citation: "Delaware HB 122 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Debra Heffernan", "Kimberly Williams", "Krista Griffith", "Nicole Poore", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-18"
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last_action: "2021-10-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31d25c7c-edc9-45ea-94a2-4e3924d22426"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48483"
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source_hash: "adf76b02296c68f80c0fa3787b1145c6ba57b1d0538a3336293c668e7dfe900f"
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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 122 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF AND WAGES PAYABLE TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
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This Act is called the Jamie Wolfe Employment Act in recognition of Jamie Wolfe, a powerful disability rights advocate who worked tirelessly on behalf of people with disabilities for equal rights and equal access to education, housing, competitive and integrated employment, transportation and community-based services.
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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=48483&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB122)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78988&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 122 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment HA 2 to HB 122 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-10-20** 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/31d25c7c-edc9-45ea-94a2-4e3924d22426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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