republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-1.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM.	This Act, the Healthy Delaware Families Act, creates a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program. Delaware employees can access up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave through the State's paid leave trust fund for a qualifying event, including for the following:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 1	Delaware SB 1 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown Debra Heffernan Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Kyle Evans Gay Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Valerie Longhurst	2	14	3	2022-03-04	2022-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3f64b581-09d6-4549-890a-902db45a274f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79186	62f9417aee453f4abbe54b2302b2bb3d42edc23fe1b8c9c0f0846d133bc5e5be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 1 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM.

This Act, the Healthy Delaware Families Act, creates a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program. Delaware employees can access up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave through the State's paid leave trust fund for a qualifying event, including for the following:

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to SS 2 for SB 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 14–7 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 29–11 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 14–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Charles "Bud" M. Freel — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-04 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 1 introduction
• 2022-03-04 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-08 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO passage
• 2022-03-09 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-12 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-14 Amendment HA 1 to SS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-04-14 Amendment HA 1 to SS 2 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-04-14 Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 11 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-04-14 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2022-04-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO passage
• 2022-05-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f64b581-09d6-4549-890a-902db45a274f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).