republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-262.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PAID LEAVE.	This Act clarifies that paid leave for the adoption of a child may begin at one of the following times: (1) when the child is placed for adoption with the employee; (2) when the employee initiates a petition for adoption; or (3) when the adoption process is completed.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 262	Delaware HB 262 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Sean M. Lynn Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee	0	7	2	2026-01-08	2026-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/cb1e6d2b-329d-427e-b002-2820c93edeea	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142746	080f3ce0a1cc0a47ddb87064424dadffb6b206a3ed43d0876ac76a27e542904d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 262 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PAID LEAVE.

This Act clarifies that paid leave for the adoption of a child may begin at one of the following times: (1) when the child is placed for adoption with the employee; (2) when the employee initiates a petition for adoption; or (3) when the adoption process is completed.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-08 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2026-03-19 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-04-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2026-06-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb1e6d2b-329d-427e-b002-2820c93edeea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).