---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN."
description: "This Act provides that the amount of ordinary or disability pension payable to a 9-1-1 operator includes 2.45% of the 9-1-1 operator's final average compensation multiplied by years of service above 25 years, the same multiplier as applied to corrections officers and specified peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Delaware HB 79 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald L. Brady", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Sean M. Lynn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c85bf5f-9852-4bcd-a68a-d108d77225d7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48311"
source_hash: "5caee1ab569517d31666bdcaa55724554c735169478f0d06b36160432162925b"
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 79 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.

This Act provides that the amount of ordinary or disability pension payable to a 9-1-1 operator includes 2.45% of the 9-1-1 operator's final average compensation multiplied by years of service above 25 years, the same multiplier as applied to corrections officers and specified peace officers.

## 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=48311&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB79)
2. **HA 1 to HB 79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68661&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-20** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-10** 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/5c85bf5f-9852-4bcd-a68a-d108d77225d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).