republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-208.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AN EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PAY WAGES.	Senate Bill No. 208 clarifies that an employer is liable to an employee for liquidated damages if the employer does not make wages available on the next payday after an employee quits, resigns, is discharged, suspended, or laid off.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 208	Delaware SB 208 (151)	bill		enacted	Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh	1	6	2	2022-03-31	2022-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/e4130608-3a11-42f0-984f-ae3922291b51	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=89296	28e4ba31d10ecc3824234409269dfa6b2e4cbb950c58104f943f7a77030ea1ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 208 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AN EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PAY WAGES.

Senate Bill No. 208 clarifies that an employer is liable to an employee for liquidated damages if the employer does not make wages available on the next payday after an employee quits, resigns, is discharged, suspended, or laid off.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-31 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 208 introduction
• 2022-04-05 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2022-04-06 Assigned to Labor Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-12 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-10-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4130608-3a11-42f0-984f-ae3922291b51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).