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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DAMAGES FOR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION."
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description: "This Act increases the limits on the dollar amount of awards of compensatory or punitive damages, or both, in cases of employment discrimination, establishing specific caps based on the number of the respondent's employees. This Act also clarifies that the Superior Court may order equitable relief available under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as back pay and front pay, which is an award made for the period between the date of judgment and the date of reinstatement."
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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: "SB 145"
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citation: "Delaware SB 145 (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", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-01"
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last_action: "2023-09-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a63b7a2-7105-43cc-8627-f59d1d1f0932"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140455"
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source_hash: "6aa11bc0887b43c60d0c75a4389e202e6562c300e25a397c979e873ebefada8a"
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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 145 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DAMAGES FOR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION.
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This Act increases the limits on the dollar amount of awards of compensatory or punitive damages, or both, in cases of employment discrimination, establishing specific caps based on the number of the respondent's employees. This Act also clarifies that the Superior Court may order equitable relief available under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as back pay and front pay, which is an award made for the period between the date of judgment and the date of reinstatement.
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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=140455&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB145)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140588&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **25–0** (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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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-13** Amendment SA 1 to SB 145 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-13** Amendment SA 1 to SB 145 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-09-11** 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/6a63b7a2-7105-43cc-8627-f59d1d1f0932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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