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SB145 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-06-30
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact amount of funding available annually is not specified in the official source material and will depend on future budget decisions.

Updating Workers' Compensation Payments

This act updates the rules for workers' compensation payments in Delaware to allow direct deposit and increases funding for safety inspections.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates the law so that workers can receive their compensation through direct deposit instead of checks.
  • Increases the amount of money insurance companies pay to cover workplace safety inspection costs up to 100%.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Workers who receive compensation payments
  • Insurance companies that pay assessments for safety inspections

Terms To Know

Direct deposit
A way for money, like a paycheck or benefit payment, to be sent directly into someone's bank account.
Reimbursement percentage
The part of the total cost that is paid back by one party to another. In this case, it’s how much insurance companies pay for safety inspections.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act does not change other parts of workers' compensation rules that are not mentioned here.
  • The exact amount of money available each year will be decided during the annual budget process.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SA 1

1 • Townsend

Passed

Plain English: Passed 1 by Townsend

  • The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT

  2. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  3. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 10 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Labor Committee in House

  5. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  6. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 145 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  7. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT

  8. 2025-06-13 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 145 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  9. 2025-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS.
This Act does the following:
(1) Updates the Workers’ Compensation Act to reflect current practices and technology including enabling workers’ compensations payments to be by made by direct deposit.
(2) Allows the Office of Workers’ Compensation to increase the reimbursement percentage of activities from 66.6% to 100%. This ensures that the inspection and safety functions of the Division of Industrial Affairs are fully covered as they are partially covered right now. Insurance carriers pay the assessment imposed by this section. The annual budget process provides caps or spend authorities on these appropriated special funds on an annual basis.
This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.