republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-41.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.	In the 148th General Assembly, the state employees' pension law was amended by House Bill No. 363, as amended by House Amendment No. 1 to House Bill No. 363, to permit specified peace officers to retire at 25 years without any reduction. Specified peace officers will pay a higher employee contribution, and those who continue to work past 25 years of service will have the multiplier used in the calculation of benefits increased for the years past 25 years. This Act adds Delaware State University Police officers to the definition of "specified peace officers."	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 41	Delaware HB 41 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Dave G. Lawson John L. Mitchell Sean M. Lynn Stephen Smyk	1	10	3	2017-01-18	2017-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/21adfaed-728d-436d-9a0a-445f6bf5af3c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25399	e4ef27e88909f3494c167623d2451140b8810c6468228840c29000c535842029	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 41 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.

In the 148th General Assembly, the state employees' pension law was amended by House Bill No. 363, as amended by House Amendment No. 1 to House Bill No. 363, to permit specified peace officers to retire at 25 years without any reduction. Specified peace officers will pay a higher employee contribution, and those who continue to work past 25 years of service will have the multiplier used in the calculation of benefits increased for the years past 25 years. This Act adds Delaware State University Police officers to the definition of "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

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-03-28 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-31 Amendment SA 1 to HB 41 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-25 Amendment SA 1 to HB 41 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-04-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-02 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21adfaed-728d-436d-9a0a-445f6bf5af3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).