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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 188"
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citation: "Delaware SB 188 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Colin Bonini", "Darius J. Brown", "Michael Ramone", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-27"
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last_action: "2022-07-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36429dd1-26f0-4e04-b1b9-66f259ebced6"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79131"
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source_hash: "2955c92386452c3fa3aa9f828ccac2cb2d07b4411fe4f717963ff13b5bbdd98a"
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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 188 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME.
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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.
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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=79131&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB188)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Colin Bonini — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-27** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 188, and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-09** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** Re-Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-14** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-07-20** 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/36429dd1-26f0-4e04-b1b9-66f259ebced6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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