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SB 254 Delaware Senate · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKPLACE FRAUD.

Summary
This bill raises the civil penalty for a violation of section 3503 of the Workplace Fraud Act ("Act") from a range of $1,000 to $5,000 to $5,000 to $20,000. The bill also raises the civil penalty for wrongful discharge or discrimination under the Act from a range of $5,000 to $10,000 to $20,000 to $50,000. Finally, this bill provides that civil penalties and other revenue collected will be retained by the Department of Labor for enforcement purposes.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2018
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 19, 2018 Last action Jun 30, 2018
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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Amendments
3
Jun 30, 2018
Introduced
Amendment SA 3 to SB 254 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Jun 21, 2018
Amended
Amendment SA 2 to SB 254 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 9 YES 8 NO 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
upper
Jun 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 254 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 8 NO 2 ABSENT
upper
Jun 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 19, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
P
RM
Robert Marshall
DDemocratic
DE
3
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
MM
Michael Mulrooney
DDemocratic
DE
17