republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-202.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFITS.	For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act increases the benefits for the beneficiary or beneficiaries from $200,000 to $375,000, payable in annual installments, with the maximum amount paid in any 1 calendar year being $50,000.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 202	Delaware SB 202 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer Daniel B. Short David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Michael F. Smith Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sean M. Lynn Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush William J. Carson	1	11	2	2024-01-04	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/6c9572c0-7b02-4341-88c9-d688ccae74c2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140817	d86d11d2af4dc921c0fd6267a34d1474279864ad3611016cee29afeade6deeba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 202 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFITS.

For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act increases the benefits for the beneficiary or beneficiaries from $200,000 to $375,000, payable in annual installments, with the maximum amount paid in any 1 calendar year being $50,000.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-01-24 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Amendment HA 1 to SB 202 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-23 Not Worked in Committee
• 2024-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-25 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 18 YES 19 NO 4 ABSENT amendment-failure
• 2024-06-25 Amendment HA 1 to SB 202 - Defeated By House. Votes: 13 YES 24 NO 4 ABSENT amendment-failure
• 2024-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c9572c0-7b02-4341-88c9-d688ccae74c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).