republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-185.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AND ELIMINATION OF THE STATE SHARE WAITING PERIOD.	This legislation prioritizes recruitment and retention of State employees by removing the 3-month waiting period for the state to pay its share of premium or subscription charges for health care coverage under § 5202 of Title 29 for benefit eligible state employees hired on or after January 1, 2024 by revising the definition of a “regular office or employee.”	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 185	Delaware HB 185 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Kendra Johnson Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ronald E. Gray S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	1	13	2	2023-05-18	2023-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/9f0da0af-304a-44ec-bb0c-93488bf20548	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140443	c8c41db2296d16f3cb28a424f5dbd52010f2bc800f22f2baf3aac8c695e6a359	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 185 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AND ELIMINATION OF THE STATE SHARE WAITING PERIOD.

This legislation prioritizes recruitment and retention of State employees by removing the 3-month waiting period for the state to pay its share of premium or subscription charges for health care coverage under § 5202 of Title 29 for benefit eligible state employees hired on or after January 1, 2024 by revising the definition of a “regular office or employee.”

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-18 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-14 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-28 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-28 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-29 Amendment SA 1 to HB 185 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-29 Amendment SA 1 to HB 185 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO amendment-failure
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f0da0af-304a-44ec-bb0c-93488bf20548. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).