Delaware House Bill 17

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers of fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of paid time. Accrued earned sick time and safety leave may be used by the employee for time off with pay at the employees same wage and benefit rate to deal with the mental and physical health needs of either the employee or an employees family member and other specified purposes. Earned sick time and safety leave may also be used to address the consequences of domestic violence for such things as meeting with lawyers, obtaining services from victim service organizations, temporary relocation and the like.

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Sick Time And Safety Leave.

Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]	Rep. Sophie Phillips [D]
Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-17		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2024-04-16		Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2024-04-11		Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 17, and Assigned to Labor Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141182
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140916&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB17
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141182&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB17