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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LABOR."
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description: "Like Senate Bill No. 35, this Act defines specific violations of wage payment and collection laws under Chapter 11 of Title 19 as wage theft, providing specific penalties for these violations, and creates a new criminal offense of wage theft, with a mechanism for the Department of Labor to refer completed investigations to the Department of Justice for prosecution. Clearly defining wage theft protects Delaware workers and Delaware taxpayers from employers who pay their employees “under the table” because this practice results in lost tax revenue to this State and exposes employees to personal risk in the areas of unemployment compensation and workplace injuries. The civil penalties collected for violations that are wage theft must be used for the enforcement of wage payment and collection laws under Chapter 11 of Title 19 and prosecution of the offense of wage theft under § 841D of Title 11."
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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 35"
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citation: "Delaware SB 35 (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: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-06-09"
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last_action: "2022-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e90c2d-b48d-4dc2-b464-48a41b608e0a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129666"
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source_hash: "54e57e8ebea4b3dbba106ca8599be7561754a12ff992f643179bb9bb0477cb3b"
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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 35 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LABOR.
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Like Senate Bill No. 35, this Act defines specific violations of wage payment and collection laws under Chapter 11 of Title 19 as wage theft, providing specific penalties for these violations, and creates a new criminal offense of wage theft, with a mechanism for the Department of Labor to refer completed investigations to the Department of Justice for prosecution. Clearly defining wage theft protects Delaware workers and Delaware taxpayers from employers who pay their employees “under the table” because this practice results in lost tax revenue to this State and exposes employees to personal risk in the areas of unemployment compensation and workplace injuries. The civil penalties collected for violations that are wage theft must be used for the enforcement of wage payment and collection laws under Chapter 11 of Title 19 and prosecution of the offense of wage theft under § 841D of Title 11.
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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=129666&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB35)
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2. **SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129677&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **32–9** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **17–3** (pass) · upper
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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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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-09** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 35 and Laid on Table `introduction`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-10** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 9 NO `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/18e90c2d-b48d-4dc2-b464-48a41b608e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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