republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-65.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.	According to the Mayo Clinic, miscarriages occur in about 20% of all pregnancies, and generally, in the first 12 weeks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 out of every 100 American pregnancies ends in stillbirth. Black women have a significantly higher risk of miscarrying— 43% higher when compared to white women. Black mothers are also more than twice as likely to experience stillbirth compared to Hispanic and white mothers.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 65	Delaware HB 65 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Marie Pinkney Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William J. Carson	1	12	2	2023-01-20	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/603c5d68-e3e3-4d3f-b8db-297db8486b0e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129967	a0988c305e1489dd6bc8557c6766f088a9f0a5cbdcde8b64df0c600a8e72a00d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 65 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.

According to the Mayo Clinic, miscarriages occur in about 20% of all pregnancies, and generally, in the first 12 weeks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 out of every 100 American pregnancies ends in stillbirth. Black women have a significantly higher risk of miscarrying— 43% higher when compared to white women. Black mothers are also more than twice as likely to experience stillbirth compared to Hispanic and white mothers.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 26–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-20 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-25 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 65 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 65 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 9 NO 5 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-28 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-29 Amendment SA 1 to HB 65 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-29 Amendment SA 1 to HB 65 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO amendment-failure
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO passage
• 2023-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/603c5d68-e3e3-4d3f-b8db-297db8486b0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).