Wage Payment and Collection Act/Updates

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act does the following: (1) Provides that a prime general contractor is jointly and severally liable for a violation of the Wage Payment and Collection Act that is committed by a subcontractor, regardless of whether the subcontractor is in a direct contractual relationship with the prime general contractor. (2) Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action to collect wages under the Wage Payment and Collection Act. (3) Provides that a prime general contractor is jointly or severally liable for a violation of the Delaware Contractor Registration Act by a subcontractor.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Mar 21, 2024CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate · Senate Labor
2. Apr 23, 2024SenateAmendment SA 1 to SB 255 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
3. Apr 24, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · Senate Labor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.

• J" John "Jack" WalshD Primary sponsor · District 9
• BT Bryan TownsendD Joint sponsor · District 11
• ES Edward S. OsienskiD Joint sponsor · District 24
• KW Kimberly WilliamsD Joint sponsor · District 19