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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN."
description: "This Act provides that, for purposes of Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Section 5527, related to the amount of monthly ordinary service or disability pension, a member of the General Assembly who is elected on Election Day in November and serves through the next Election Day in November will receive full-service credit for that term. Thus, the Act provides that a member of the House of Representatives who served five, two-year terms and, for each term, was elected on Election Day in November and served through the next Election Day in November will be credited with ten years of service. Likewise, the Act provides that a member of the Senate who served five, four-year terms and, for each term, was elected on Election Day in November and served through the next Election Day in November will be credited with twenty years of service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Delaware SB 154 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-16"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46c1aa3f-3e1e-4b46-a5a0-2c7b335156ad"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142327"
source_hash: "a5c0187fbfcc39eb8a3382ac3c64e486587069138d69e82067e716794af31b65"
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 154 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN.
This Act provides that, for purposes of Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Section 5527, related to the amount of monthly ordinary service or disability pension, a member of the General Assembly who is elected on Election Day in November and serves through the next Election Day in November will receive full-service credit for that term. Thus, the Act provides that a member of the House of Representatives who served five, two-year terms and, for each term, was elected on Election Day in November and served through the next Election Day in November will be credited with ten years of service. Likewise, the Act provides that a member of the Senate who served five, four-year terms and, for each term, was elected on Election Day in November and served through the next Election Day in November will be credited with twenty years of service.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- 3/4 — **400** (pass) · lower
- 3/4 — **180** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-16** 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`
- **2025-06-25** 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/46c1aa3f-3e1e-4b46-a5a0-2c7b335156ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).