republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-188.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME.	This Act increases the $2,000 pension exclusion otherwise available for military pensioners under age 60 to $12,500, providing an incentive for military retirees under age 60 to locate in Delaware.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 188	Delaware SB 188 (151)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Colin Bonini Darius J. Brown Michael Ramone Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos	1	12	2	2022-01-27	2022-07-20	openstates	ocd-bill/36429dd1-26f0-4e04-b1b9-66f259ebced6	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79131	2955c92386452c3fa3aa9f828ccac2cb2d07b4411fe4f717963ff13b5bbdd98a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 188 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME.

This Act increases the $2,000 pension exclusion otherwise available for military pensioners under age 60 to $12,500, providing an incentive for military retirees under age 60 to locate in Delaware.

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
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Colin Bonini — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-27 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 188, and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-09 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-10 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 Re-Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-14 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-07-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36429dd1-26f0-4e04-b1b9-66f259ebced6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).