---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONSOLIDATION ACT."
description: "To foster sustainability in state retiree healthcare benefits and the development of a plan for strong benefits beyond the current Medicare Supplement plan offered through January 1, 2024, this Act does all of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Delaware SB 29 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-01-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55b9553d-8aa8-4a05-89dc-969194d19c8c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129938"
source_hash: "38901c664b603dafbf7237ceac99207cadaa2cc780ee0cf9846d2b76eb4562bd"
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 29 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONSOLIDATION ACT.

To foster sustainability in state retiree healthcare benefits and the development of a plan for strong benefits beyond the current Medicare Supplement plan offered through January 1, 2024, this Act does all of the following:

## 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=129938&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB29)
2. **SA 1 to SB 29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129956&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- SM — **35–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment SA 1 to SB 29 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment SA 1 to SB 29 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-01-26** 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/55b9553d-8aa8-4a05-89dc-969194d19c8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).