Delaware House Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 6 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-06-06 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill clarifies that parties to a franchise agreement are not within the definition of "employee" under the Wage Payment and Collection Act of the State. Franchising is well-regulated at the federal and state level to ensure that both the franchisee and franchisor can benefit from the business relationship, which is outlined in the franchise agreement. It is understood that franchisees are not employees of their franchisors, as they independently operate their businesses on a day-to-day basis. Franchisees make hiring decisions, place purchase orders, bring in new businesses and process payrolls.

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Security For Franchised Distributors.

Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Robert Venables [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2013-05-02 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-04-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-06	House	Signed by Governor
2013-05-02	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-05-02	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (SMALL BUSINESS) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2013-04-24	Senate	Assigned to Small Business Committee in Senate
2013-04-18	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-03-27	House	Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2013-03-19	House	Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/97a9c3ea64fda9f485257b260067e46c?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+55/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/3d917bedbb16359785257b51006e62c7?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/44e303a6629a259a85257b5f0074508e?OpenDocument