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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN."
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description: "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.\""
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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 41"
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citation: "Delaware HB 41 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Dave G. Lawson", "John L. Mitchell", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephen Smyk"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-01-18"
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last_action: "2017-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21adfaed-728d-436d-9a0a-445f6bf5af3c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25399"
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source_hash: "e4ef27e88909f3494c167623d2451140b8810c6468228840c29000c535842029"
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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 41 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.
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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."
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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=25399&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB41)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-31** Amendment SA 1 to HB 41 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-25** Amendment SA 1 to HB 41 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-02** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-08** 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/21adfaed-728d-436d-9a0a-445f6bf5af3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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