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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN RETIRED JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACCEPTING AN ACTIVE DUTY DESIGNATION."
description: "This Act updates the per diem compensation of any retired justice, judge, chancellor or vice chancellor accepting an active duty designation from $250 per day to 1/365 of the annual salary for such a judicial officer. This is consistent with the per diem compensation provided to retired justices of the peace and commissioners of the Superior Court, the Family Court, and the Court of Common Pleas accepting an active duty designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Delaware SB 234 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Sean M. Lynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cc41cdd-d78e-434d-a2b9-611b9c6e8746"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79172"
source_hash: "58892c25589b0647bd2417863f991122304deb7269d323d382a799299f85ad99"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 234 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN RETIRED JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACCEPTING AN ACTIVE DUTY DESIGNATION.
This Act updates the per diem compensation of any retired justice, judge, chancellor or vice chancellor accepting an active duty designation from $250 per day to 1/365 of the annual salary for such a judicial officer. This is consistent with the per diem compensation provided to retired justices of the peace and commissioners of the Superior Court, the Family Court, and the Court of Common Pleas accepting an active duty designation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79172&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB234)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-03** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cc41cdd-d78e-434d-a2b9-611b9c6e8746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).