republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-79.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.	This Act provides that the amount of ordinary or disability pension payable to a 9-1-1 operator includes 2.45% of the 9-1-1 operator's final average compensation multiplied by years of service above 25 years, the same multiplier as applied to corrections officers and specified peace officers.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 79	Delaware HB 79 (151)	bill		enacted	Gerald L. Brady John "Jack" Walsh Sean M. Lynn	2	9	2	2021-01-20	2021-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/5c85bf5f-9852-4bcd-a68a-d108d77225d7	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48311	5caee1ab569517d31666bdcaa55724554c735169478f0d06b36160432162925b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 79 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.

This Act provides that the amount of ordinary or disability pension payable to a 9-1-1 operator includes 2.45% of the 9-1-1 operator's final average compensation multiplied by years of service above 25 years, the same multiplier as applied to corrections officers and 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
2. HA 1 to HB 79 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-20 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-05-20 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-05-20 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c85bf5f-9852-4bcd-a68a-d108d77225d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).