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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENCES OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES."
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description: "Teachers and other school employees (school employees) do not accrue annual leave that can be used on a flexible basis. Under current law, school employees may only use 3 days of sick leave for personal reasons and may be absent for 5 days after the death of an immediate family member and for 1 day only, on the day of the funeral, after the death of a near relative."
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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 61"
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citation: "Delaware SB 61 (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", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-07"
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last_action: "2023-07-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c02e4abd-af50-4d73-a965-6714b29a750a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130049"
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source_hash: "fe6f9f400bb8f946b7d45578d7a1462e453b0fd73db7c8cb7fc12e6a32a7ee31"
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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 61 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENCES OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
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Teachers and other school employees (school employees) do not accrue annual leave that can be used on a flexible basis. Under current law, school employees may only use 3 days of sick leave for personal reasons and may be absent for 5 days after the death of an immediate family member and for 1 day only, on the day of the funeral, after the death of a near relative.
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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=130049&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB61)
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2. **HA 2 to SB 61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130269&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **36–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — 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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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-03-17** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Amendment HA 2 to SB 61 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-04-27** Amendment HA 1 to SB 61 - Stricken in House
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- **2023-04-27** Amendment HA 2 to SB 61 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-07-26** 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/c02e4abd-af50-4d73-a965-6714b29a750a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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