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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF PENSIONERS."
+description: "This bill increases the annual earnings limit for pensioners in the State Employees’ Pension Plan who return to work in a non-pension creditable position to $40,000 for earnings received beginning in calendar year 2021."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 478"
+citation: "Delaware HB 478 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "Kimberly Williams", "Michael F. Smith", "Sarah McBride", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-06-21"
+last_action: "2022-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c80c880-af48-4af1-8541-172eefbfd08e"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129802"
+source_hash: "5666bf801c4be75183e4844e3644b1955c4029096e82a117802f12a9cbcf6142"
+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 478 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF PENSIONERS.
+
+This bill increases the annual earnings limit for pensioners in the State Employees’ Pension Plan who return to work in a non-pension creditable position to $40,000 for earnings received beginning in calendar year 2021.
+
+## 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=129802&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB478)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-06-21** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 478, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2022-06-23** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2022-06-30** 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/7c80c880-af48-4af1-8541-172eefbfd08e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+