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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPASSIONATE LEAVE"
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description: "This bill increases the amount of Compassionate Leave for eligible employees of the State upon the death of an immediate family member."
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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: "HB 177"
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citation: "Delaware HB 177 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Debra Heffernan", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-05-18"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bbbe023-fb58-4171-91df-b0d664409def"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140429"
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source_hash: "eebe5194d496a5bef3eeae3b988d709bbd290466644d55e40fad9c2f33991e7b"
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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 177 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPASSIONATE LEAVE
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This bill increases the amount of Compassionate Leave for eligible employees of the State upon the death of an immediate family member.
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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=140429&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB177)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140737&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **26–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 177 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 177 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 12 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-28** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-28** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2023-06-30** 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/2bbbe023-fb58-4171-91df-b0d664409def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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