---
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).