republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-179.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 179	Delaware HB 179 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Dave G. Lawson Sean M. Lynn	1	9	2	2017-06-28	2018-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1bebaec3-feb2-4b99-a284-3b97ef70af1b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26099	a44f5a2d4d36f3b672de7ce9a09e4d16eb0ab9532c443b233467dd6c19f0c3bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/1bebaec3-feb2-4b99-a284-3b97ef70af1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).