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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR POST-RETIREMENT HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS."
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description: "The Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund (OPEB Fund) is used to pay the State's benefits for post-retirement health insurance under the State employees' pension plan. This Act requires that every year, at least 1% of the grand total of all General Fund operating budget appropriations for the prior fiscal year is appropriated to the OPEB Fund. The total amount of the contributions to the OPEB Fund is not allowed to exceed the annual required contribution, which is actuarially determined by the Board of Pension Trustees."
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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: "SB 175"
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citation: "Delaware SB 175 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Michael Ramone", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-13"
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last_action: "2023-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74987738-4aec-48e0-8c88-a22bd6b26276"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140591"
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source_hash: "6b661b7037d5d11d4545dbf8e1945b114be342a80cb8399958e2271d82c05726"
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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 175 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR POST-RETIREMENT HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
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The Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund (OPEB Fund) is used to pay the State's benefits for post-retirement health insurance under the State employees' pension plan. This Act requires that every year, at least 1% of the grand total of all General Fund operating budget appropriations for the prior fiscal year is appropriated to the OPEB Fund. The total amount of the contributions to the OPEB Fund is not allowed to exceed the annual required contribution, which is actuarially determined by the Board of Pension Trustees.
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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=140591&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB175)
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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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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-06-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2023-07-17** 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/74987738-4aec-48e0-8c88-a22bd6b26276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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