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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPARABLE PRIVATE PLANS UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM."
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description: "Under § 3716(e) of Title 19, the Family and Medical Leave Program (FMLP) allows the Department of Labor (Department) to approve private benefits in existence on May 10, 2022, as a private plan under the FMLP, for applications submitted by January 1, 2024. This Act revises the appeal process when the Department denies an application under § 3716(e) so that the hearing is conducted by the Secretary of the Department instead of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Appeal Board (Appeals Board). The primary function of the Appeals Board is to conduct hearings on denials of individual claims for benefits under the FMLP, but individuals will not be eligible for these benefits until January 1, 2026. Thus, the Appeals Board does not otherwise need to be established in 2023, and the expertise members need is in areas other than those needed for appeals of decisions under § 3716(e) of Title 19."
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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 178"
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citation: "Delaware SB 178 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-15"
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last_action: "2023-08-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a19fba6-8c2a-4551-862e-6b711ec2da10"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140620"
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source_hash: "6a893ea3fbac5593bdb925159cbaad1fbfd3731bdc0cf32c4fd5966b7b32fa50"
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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 178 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPARABLE PRIVATE PLANS UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM.
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Under § 3716(e) of Title 19, the Family and Medical Leave Program (FMLP) allows the Department of Labor (Department) to approve private benefits in existence on May 10, 2022, as a private plan under the FMLP, for applications submitted by January 1, 2024. This Act revises the appeal process when the Department denies an application under § 3716(e) so that the hearing is conducted by the Secretary of the Department instead of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Appeal Board (Appeals Board). The primary function of the Appeals Board is to conduct hearings on denials of individual claims for benefits under the FMLP, but individuals will not be eligible for these benefits until January 1, 2026. Thus, the Appeals Board does not otherwise need to be established in 2023, and the expertise members need is in areas other than those needed for appeals of decisions under § 3716(e) of Title 19.
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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=140620&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB178)
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## Votes
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- SM — **28–5** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-15** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-23** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 5 NO 8 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2023-08-31** 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/1a19fba6-8c2a-4551-862e-6b711ec2da10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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