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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL POLICE/FIREFIGHTER PENSION PLAN."
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description: "This Act provides county and municipal police and firefighters with the same pension burial benefit that is provided to state employees effective July 1, 2016. This Act is named for Wilmington Firefighters Captain Christopher M. Leach, Lieutenant Jerry W. Fickes, and Lieutenant Ardythe D. Hope, who lost their lives fighting a house fire on September 24, 2016."
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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: "SB 7"
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citation: "Delaware SB 7 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Helene M. Keeley"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-03-22"
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last_action: "2018-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2249441d-19a0-4ad8-b50d-c8d39581a2fc"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25359"
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source_hash: "dd3faca3dfc2d646d2d6d608fdf96a1f2873ccf1fddd14515b63227130867741"
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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 SB 7 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL POLICE/FIREFIGHTER PENSION PLAN.
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This Act provides county and municipal police and firefighters with the same pension burial benefit that is provided to state employees effective July 1, 2016. This Act is named for Wilmington Firefighters Captain Christopher M. Leach, Lieutenant Jerry W. Fickes, and Lieutenant Ardythe D. Hope, who lost their lives fighting a house fire on September 24, 2016.
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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=25359&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB7)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-22** Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-30** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-18** Amendment SA 1 to SB 7 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SB 7 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-08-29** 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/2249441d-19a0-4ad8-b50d-c8d39581a2fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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