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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO UNUSED SICK LEAVE UPON SEPARATION OF SERVICE."
description: "This bill concerns sick leave payout for retired State Troopers who became reemployed in public education. Specifically, this bill adds language to the code that would treat retired State Troopers the same as other educational employees as it relates to sick leave payment upon separation from educational employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Delaware HB 229 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-13"
last_action: "2017-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1709c77-d1c2-4844-95ef-e8e18f8e2f2b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25954"
source_hash: "5dee520093568de9584a445a5e8b5b4f53af10b1b738f15f7abe2b1847510306"
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 229 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO UNUSED SICK LEAVE UPON SEPARATION OF SERVICE.
This bill concerns sick leave payout for retired State Troopers who became reemployed in public education. Specifically, this bill adds language to the code that would treat retired State Troopers the same as other educational employees as it relates to sick leave payment upon separation from educational employment.
## 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=25954&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB229)
## Votes
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 229 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Amendment SA 1 to HB 229 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-02** Amendment SA 1 to HB 229 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-03** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2017-08-02** 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/f1709c77-d1c2-4844-95ef-e8e18f8e2f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).