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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE."
description: "This bill provides for gradual increases in the Delaware minimum wage to $15 over a period of several years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Delaware SB 15 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6834e30-6663-4cd6-a7ae-59c0dce79a67"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48445"
source_hash: "ad947ee5972f9af22a79f13d52bb37ceda671360c8535dccfd8fbf1c7d01abef"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48445&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB15)
2. **SA 1 to SB 15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48481&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6834e30-6663-4cd6-a7ae-59c0dce79a67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).