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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL POLICE/FIREFIGHTER PENSION PLAN"
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description: "The purpose of this bill is to make full time paid firefighters in volunteer fire companies in this State eligible to join the Delaware County and Municipal/Police/Firefighter Pension Plan."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 265"
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citation: "Delaware HB 265 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 5
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-29"
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last_action: "2017-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42bf5186-abcb-43bb-af49-562af28b0181"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26130"
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source_hash: "04060fd258d45064dab6935d7294337e3208b2547224c6a22327bdac92e1e753"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 265 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL POLICE/FIREFIGHTER PENSION PLAN
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The purpose of this bill is to make full time paid firefighters in volunteer fire companies in this State eligible to join the Delaware County and Municipal/Police/Firefighter Pension Plan.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26130&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB265)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-29** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42bf5186-abcb-43bb-af49-562af28b0181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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