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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE."
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description: "This bill removes the training minimum wage and youth minimum wage, which takes effect 90 days after enactment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 88"
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citation: "Delaware HB 88 (151)"
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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", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "John A. Kowalko", "Kimberly Williams", "Larry Lambert", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2021-01-27"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d10ebdc-48e0-4636-96a0-46eae0f68f56"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48343"
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source_hash: "2b6187a95028eb22e8e481bb39cbc63aad0fc4f16f8b868f87db5cee9266194a"
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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 88 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.
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This bill removes the training minimum wage and youth minimum wage, which takes effect 90 days after enactment.
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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=48343&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB88)
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## Votes
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- SM — **26–15** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **13–8** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-27** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 15 NO `passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** 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/4d10ebdc-48e0-4636-96a0-46eae0f68f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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