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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DONATED LEAVE."
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description: "This Act establishes the ability of state and school district employees to use the “donated leave” program to donate and accept annual leave and sick time for use by employees in connection with the birth or adoption of a child under the age of 6 years. An employee becomes eligible to receive such leave upon the birth of a child to the employee or employee’s spouse or upon adoption of a child younger than 6. Such an employee remains eligible for 6 months after such birth or adoption. The recipient may also use donated leave for a period of 1 year following the birth or adoption for absence related to maternal or pediatric medical appointments. Provided, however, that a recipient of donated leave must first use all of his or her accrued sick time and half of his or her annual leave. Where the recipient does not accrue annual leave, the recipient must have used all but 3 of that employee’s sick days prior to utilizing donated leave. All other established terms and conditions for donated leave remain the same."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 255"
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citation: "Delaware HB 255 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell", "Kimberly Williams", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-22"
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last_action: "2017-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af02a8a4-9c4c-4aff-b8bb-7db25c8db73d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26063"
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source_hash: "d58be1ac2ea56e0893e27d25decfe2794157df7ee5821c8c4e72e7885592a53c"
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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 HB 255 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DONATED LEAVE.
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This Act establishes the ability of state and school district employees to use the “donated leave” program to donate and accept annual leave and sick time for use by employees in connection with the birth or adoption of a child under the age of 6 years. An employee becomes eligible to receive such leave upon the birth of a child to the employee or employee’s spouse or upon adoption of a child younger than 6. Such an employee remains eligible for 6 months after such birth or adoption. The recipient may also use donated leave for a period of 1 year following the birth or adoption for absence related to maternal or pediatric medical appointments. Provided, however, that a recipient of donated leave must first use all of his or her accrued sick time and half of his or her annual leave. Where the recipient does not accrue annual leave, the recipient must have used all but 3 of that employee’s sick days prior to utilizing donated leave. All other established terms and conditions for donated leave remain the same.
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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=26063&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB255)
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## Votes
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- SM — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-22** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 255 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 255 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-27** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 7 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-29** 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/af02a8a4-9c4c-4aff-b8bb-7db25c8db73d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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