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DE HB 137

died on adjournment

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MERIT EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MERIT SYSTEM.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Description

This Act clarifies that the Merit Employee Relations Board does not have jurisdiction to interpret or apply the Fair Labor Standards Act. Instead, disputes concerning the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources’ interpretation of this federal law as applied to state personnel must be determined as outlined in Title 29 of the United States Code. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Introduced
2025-05-06
Status date
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Latest action
2025-06-10 — Stricken in House
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Claire Snyder-Hallprimary
  • Melanie Ross Levinprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-06

    Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-14

    Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits

    committee-passage

  3. 2025-06-10

    Stricken in House

Versions

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Documents

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Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142186

Attribution

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