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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME."
+description: "This Act increases the $2,000 pension exclusion otherwise available for military pensioners under age 60 to $12,500, providing an incentive for military retirees under age 60 to locate in Delaware."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "SB 188"
+citation: "Delaware SB 188 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Colin Bonini", "Darius J. Brown", "Michael Ramone", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-27"
+last_action: "2022-07-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36429dd1-26f0-4e04-b1b9-66f259ebced6"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79131"
+source_hash: "2955c92386452c3fa3aa9f828ccac2cb2d07b4411fe4f717963ff13b5bbdd98a"
+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 SB 188 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME.
+
+This Act increases the $2,000 pension exclusion otherwise available for military pensioners under age 60 to $12,500, providing an incentive for military retirees under age 60 to locate in Delaware.
+
+## 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=79131&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB188)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- Colin Bonini — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
+- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-27** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 188, and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-09** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-11** Re-Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-14** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2022-07-20** 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/36429dd1-26f0-4e04-b1b9-66f259ebced6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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