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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF PENSIONERS."
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description: "This bill increases the annual earnings limit for pensioners in the State Employees’ Pension Plan who return to work in a non-pension creditable position to $40,000 for earnings received beginning in calendar year 2021."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 478"
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citation: "Delaware HB 478 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "Kimberly Williams", "Michael F. Smith", "Sarah McBride", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-06-21"
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last_action: "2022-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c80c880-af48-4af1-8541-172eefbfd08e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129802"
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source_hash: "5666bf801c4be75183e4844e3644b1955c4029096e82a117802f12a9cbcf6142"
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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 478 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF PENSIONERS.
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This bill increases the annual earnings limit for pensioners in the State Employees’ Pension Plan who return to work in a non-pension creditable position to $40,000 for earnings received beginning in calendar year 2021.
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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=129802&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB478)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-21** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 478, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-23** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-30** 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/7c80c880-af48-4af1-8541-172eefbfd08e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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