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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKPLACE SAFETY PROGRAM."
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description: "This Act makes technical changes and updates to the Delaware workplace safety program. Under current law, qualifying employers who pay $3,161 or more in annual workers' compensation premiums may be eligible for lower insurance premiums under the workplace safety program. The Act changes that criteria to employers who currently qualify for the uniform experience rating plan as approved by the Insurance Commissioner or who otherwise qualify for the program pursuant to parameters set by the Insurance Commissioner by regulation. In addition, the Act provides that in determining safety credits for a qualified employer that was not experience-rated in the policy period expiring immediately prior to application of the safety credit, the formula for calculating safety credits will incorporate amounts determined by the Insurance Commissioner by regulation."
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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 306"
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citation: "Delaware SB 306 (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", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Stell Parker Selby"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-05-16"
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last_action: "2024-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a60e3175-297f-4381-bfd0-aa21e9166c64"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141415"
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source_hash: "ef478efed3edf4c330c78e89a96923c537d86093d169844e135ec786e47e40e1"
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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 306 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKPLACE SAFETY PROGRAM.
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This Act makes technical changes and updates to the Delaware workplace safety program. Under current law, qualifying employers who pay $3,161 or more in annual workers' compensation premiums may be eligible for lower insurance premiums under the workplace safety program. The Act changes that criteria to employers who currently qualify for the uniform experience rating plan as approved by the Insurance Commissioner or who otherwise qualify for the program pursuant to parameters set by the Insurance Commissioner by regulation. In addition, the Act provides that in determining safety credits for a qualified employer that was not experience-rated in the policy period expiring immediately prior to application of the safety credit, the formula for calculating safety credits will incorporate amounts determined by the Insurance Commissioner by regulation.
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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=141415&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB306)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141432&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 2 to SB 306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141532&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-16** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 306 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-07** Amendment SA 2 to SB 306 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-11** Amendment SA 1 to SB 306 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Amendment SA 2 to SB 306 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-26** 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/a60e3175-297f-4381-bfd0-aa21e9166c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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