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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN."
+description: "This Act permits State employees who are employed by the Delaware State Police or Delaware Capitol Police and work in a variety of job titles, all of which are more commonly referred to as \"9-1-1 operators,\" to retire at 25 years without any reduction. Those employees will pay a higher employee contribution rate than other State employees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 179"
+citation: "Delaware HB 179 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Dave G. Lawson", "Sean M. Lynn"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-28"
+last_action: "2018-10-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bebaec3-feb2-4b99-a284-3b97ef70af1b"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26099"
+source_hash: "a44f5a2d4d36f3b672de7ce9a09e4d16eb0ab9532c443b233467dd6c19f0c3bc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 179 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.
+
+This Act permits State employees who are employed by the Delaware State Police or Delaware Capitol Police and work in a variety of job titles, all of which are more commonly referred to as "9-1-1 operators," to retire at 25 years without any reduction. Those employees will pay a higher employee contribution rate than other State employees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26099&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-28** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 179, and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-04** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-03-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-03-28** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2018-10-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bebaec3-feb2-4b99-a284-3b97ef70af1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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