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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE. There are thousands of casual/seasonal employees, who work for the State of Delaware. These hard-working individuals make up a critical part of the state government workforce and play a significant role in keeping our state running and delivering services to the people of Delaware. Since these individuals are not eligible for the state pension plan, many of them are eager to participate in a retirement savings plan so that they can save, invest, and build wealth for a secure and comfortable retirement. Currently, these individuals are not permitted to participate in the states 457(b) plan. This bill allows casual/seasonal employees the opportunity to participate in the 457(b) plan. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 HB 130 Delaware HB 130 (152)
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Brian Pettyjohn
David L. Wilson
David P. Sokola
Eric Morrison
Kendra Johnson
Laura V. Sturgeon
Madinah Wilson-Anton
Nicole Poore
Paul S. Baumbach
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Russell Huxtable
Ruth Briggs King
Sean Matthews
Trey Paradee
Valerie Longhurst
William Bush
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Delaware HB 130 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE.

There are thousands of casual/seasonal employees, who work for the State of Delaware. These hard-working individuals make up a critical part of the state government workforce and play a significant role in keeping our state running and delivering services to the people of Delaware. Since these individuals are not eligible for the state pension plan, many of them are eager to participate in a retirement savings plan so that they can save, invest, and build wealth for a secure and comfortable retirement. Currently, these individuals are not permitted to participate in the states 457(b) plan. This bill allows casual/seasonal employees the opportunity to participate in the 457(b) plan.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 370 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • Eric Morrison — primary (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
  • Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
  • Sean Matthews — primary (person)
  • Trey Paradee — primary (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
  • William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-04-20 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-11 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-05-11 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2023-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-08-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a79ec71a-9f07-4561-9cf9-830bb8b8ab8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).