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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AND ELIMINATION OF THE STATE SHARE WAITING PERIOD."
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description: "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.”"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 185"
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citation: "Delaware HB 185 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-05-18"
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last_action: "2023-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f0da0af-304a-44ec-bb0c-93488bf20548"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140443"
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source_hash: "c8c41db2296d16f3cb28a424f5dbd52010f2bc800f22f2baf3aac8c695e6a359"
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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 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.
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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.”
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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=140443&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB185)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-28** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-28** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 185 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 185 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2023-09-21** 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/9f0da0af-304a-44ec-bb0c-93488bf20548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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