republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-123.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS.	This bill will allow all surviving spouses of persons killed in the course and scope of employment to receive the same level of death benefits as the surviving spouses of those persons defined as “covered persons” in Section 6601(2), Title 18 of the Delaware Code, in the event that the surviving spouse remarries. This expansion of the death benefit beyond the surviving spouses of those persons specified in Section 6601(2) will result in all surviving spouses, who decide to remarry, being treated equally under Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation laws.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 123	Delaware SB 123 (151)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Nicole Poore Valerie Longhurst	2	9	2	2021-04-28	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/1cf34423-3807-45bd-a270-845dc6ab3916	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68634	63e516033293bd820adf3b0a86a82798a94265f91aae9a135f7121b7692fb5f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 123 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS.

This bill will allow all surviving spouses of persons killed in the course and scope of employment to receive the same level of death benefits as the surviving spouses of those persons defined as “covered persons” in Section 6601(2), Title 18 of the Delaware Code, in the event that the surviving spouse remarries. This expansion of the death benefit beyond the surviving spouses of those persons specified in Section 6601(2) will result in all surviving spouses, who decide to remarry, being treated equally under Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation laws.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 123 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-28 Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-19 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-15 Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-16 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cf34423-3807-45bd-a270-845dc6ab3916. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).