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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN."
description: "This Act adopts a recommendation made by the Delaware Compensation Commission in its January 6, 2025, report. Specifically, this Act changes the minimum amount of pension payable to a member of the General Assembly elected after February 28, 2025, because the pension amount will no longer be calculated by multiplying the elected officials years of service as an elected member of the General Assembly times the highest rate of payment being paid to any retired member of the General Assembly. Instead, the pension payable to an elected official of the General Assembly elected on or after February 28, 2025, shall be computed under § 5527(a)(1) of Title 29."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Delaware SB 136 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Mara Gorman", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-13"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ac54b7f-3c93-4518-bd5a-076037340958"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142254"
source_hash: "974207ef54367f52e073dad77b977a3882659cfbf642e82876c8f2c4e5918275"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 136 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN.
This Act adopts a recommendation made by the Delaware Compensation Commission in its January 6, 2025, report. Specifically, this Act changes the minimum amount of pension payable to a member of the General Assembly elected after February 28, 2025, because the pension amount will no longer be calculated by multiplying the elected officials years of service as an elected member of the General Assembly times the highest rate of payment being paid to any retired member of the General Assembly. Instead, the pension payable to an elected official of the General Assembly elected on or after February 28, 2025, shall be computed under § 5527(a)(1) of Title 29.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- 3/4 — **180** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-13** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-07-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ac54b7f-3c93-4518-bd5a-076037340958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).