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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 123"
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citation: "Delaware SB 123 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Nicole Poore", "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: "2021-04-28"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cf34423-3807-45bd-a270-845dc6ab3916"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68634"
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source_hash: "63e516033293bd820adf3b0a86a82798a94265f91aae9a135f7121b7692fb5f9"
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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 SB 123 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
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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.
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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/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=400247)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78737&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-28** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** 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/1cf34423-3807-45bd-a270-845dc6ab3916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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