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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS FOR WORK, LABOR, OR PERSONAL SERVICES."
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description: "This Act increases the statute of limitations for filing an action for recovery upon a claim for unpaid wages from 1 year to 2 years, making it consistent with the statute of limitations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201, et seq. Many employees who are terminated spend the first period of unemployment attempting to secure other employment. After this focus on finding employment ends, 1 year may have passed or be about to pass, preventing employees who are owed wages from a previous employer from seeking legal redress."
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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 27"
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citation: "Delaware SB 27 (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", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b499017-535c-4454-b61a-8ecaff935a01"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129924"
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source_hash: "0b659b146057a973fed039527ce663d4ee4bbe46fe55fe9cbae4581e65e42efc"
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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 27 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS FOR WORK, LABOR, OR PERSONAL SERVICES.
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This Act increases the statute of limitations for filing an action for recovery upon a claim for unpaid wages from 1 year to 2 years, making it consistent with the statute of limitations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201, et seq. Many employees who are terminated spend the first period of unemployment attempting to secure other employment. After this focus on finding employment ends, 1 year may have passed or be about to pass, preventing employees who are owed wages from a previous employer from seeking legal redress.
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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=129924&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB27)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-01-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 9 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** 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/9b499017-535c-4454-b61a-8ecaff935a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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