republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-15.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.	This bill provides for gradual increases in the Delaware minimum wage to $15 over a period of several years.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 15	Delaware SB 15 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown Edward S. Osienski Gerald L. Brady John "Jack" Walsh John A. Kowalko Kimberly Williams Larry Lambert Marie Pinkney Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	2	29	2	2021-03-09	2021-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d6834e30-6663-4cd6-a7ae-59c0dce79a67	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48445	ad947ee5972f9af22a79f13d52bb37ceda671360c8535dccfd8fbf1c7d01abef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 15 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

This bill provides for gradual increases in the Delaware minimum wage to $15 over a period of several years.

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 15 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 26–15 (pass) · lower
• SM — 14–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Larry Lambert — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — 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)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — 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.

• 2021-03-09 Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 Amendment SA 1 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-18 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 Amendment SA 1 to SB 15 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2021-03-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO passage
• 2021-03-18 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-04 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-10 Amendment HA 1 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-10 Amendment HA 2 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-11 Amendment HA 3 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-11 Amendment HA 4 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-14 Amendment HA 5 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-14 Amendment HA 6 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-14 Amendment HA 7 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-14 Amendment HA 8 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-15 Amendment HA 9 to SB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to SB 15 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO amendment-failure
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 2 to SB 15 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO amendment-failure
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 3 to SB 15 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO amendment-failure
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 4 to SB 15 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO amendment-failure
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 5 to SB 15 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO amendment-failure
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 6 to SB 15 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO amendment-failure
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 9 to SB 15 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 25 NO amendment-failure
• 2021-06-17 Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 15 NO passage
• 2021-07-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6834e30-6663-4cd6-a7ae-59c0dce79a67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).