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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AN EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PAY WAGES."
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description: "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."
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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 208"
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citation: "Delaware SB 208 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-31"
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last_action: "2022-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4130608-3a11-42f0-984f-ae3922291b51"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=89296"
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source_hash: "28e4ba31d10ecc3824234409269dfa6b2e4cbb950c58104f943f7a77030ea1ba"
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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 208 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AN EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PAY WAGES.
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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.
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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/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=89296&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB208)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — 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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- **2022-03-31** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 208 `introduction`
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- **2022-04-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-12** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-07** 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/e4130608-3a11-42f0-984f-ae3922291b51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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