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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEARING OFFICERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR."
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description: "This Act removes the 5-year term limit imposed upon hearing officers appointed by the Secretary of Labor. It also removes the political party affiliation rule when considering new candidates for the hearing officer position."
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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 239"
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citation: "Delaware SB 239 (152)"
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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", "Russell Huxtable"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-13"
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last_action: "2024-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11310880-4dd6-4664-8a1b-4655df9b5732"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141041"
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source_hash: "3b22279e98984b216d344417beba191b23422eb991a7e3a758824741e229c532"
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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 239 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEARING OFFICERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
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This Act removes the 5-year term limit imposed upon hearing officers appointed by the Secretary of Labor. It also removes the political party affiliation rule when considering new candidates for the hearing officer position.
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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=141041&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB239)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141305&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-13** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-27** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2024-05-07** Amendment SA 1 to SB 239 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-05-14** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2024-05-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 239 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-05-15** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-07-17** 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/11310880-4dd6-4664-8a1b-4655df9b5732`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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