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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEREAVEMENT LEAVE."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 65"
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citation: "Delaware HB 65 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-20"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603c5d68-e3e3-4d3f-b8db-297db8486b0e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129967"
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source_hash: "a0988c305e1489dd6bc8557c6766f088a9f0a5cbdcde8b64df0c600a8e72a00d"
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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 HB 65 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.
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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.
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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=129967&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB65)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **26–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-20** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-01-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 65 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 65 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 9 NO 5 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-28** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 65 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 65 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2023-06-30** 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/603c5d68-e3e3-4d3f-b8db-297db8486b0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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