republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-301.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.	This Act repeals a provision in the State Employees’ Pension Plan that included participants in the Division for the Visually Impaired’s (“DVI”) Business Enterprise Program (“BEP”) in the State pension plan. BEP participants are meant to be independent blind entrepreneurs operating their own vending facilities in federal and state properties, as authorized by the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. § 107 et seq.).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 301	Delaware HB 301 (150)	bill		enacted	David Bentz S. Elizabeth Lockman	1	6	2	2020-03-12	2020-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/6bc50e6a-8cfb-407c-8fa3-01e8d687eb6b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48045	c037181a5750ba105de539ce4aa6a92eca1ce16253b5048bcfd9ad4be5818c08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 301 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.

This Act repeals a provision in the State Employees’ Pension Plan that included participants in the Division for the Visually Impaired’s (“DVI”) Business Enterprise Program (“BEP”) in the State pension plan. BEP participants are meant to be independent blind entrepreneurs operating their own vending facilities in federal and state properties, as authorized by the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. § 107 et seq.).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-12 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-04 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2020-06-11 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2020-06-16 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2020-06-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2020-06-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bc50e6a-8cfb-407c-8fa3-01e8d687eb6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).