republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-42.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 446 OF VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PENSIONS FOR THE STATE JUDICIARY.	After enactment of Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 174 of the 152nd General Assembly (Chapter 446 of Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware), it was discovered that Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 174 would, if implemented, jeopardize the qualified federal tax status of the Delaware Public Employees Retirement System by giving individuals who are Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of the Superior Court, Family Court, and Court of Common Pleas (“Commissioners”), and Magistrates in Chancery (“Magistrates”), as of the effective date, an election to participate in the Judicial Pension Plan at a different rate of pre-tax contribution than presently required for those individuals under the State Employees’ Pension Plan (3% or 5%, depending on start date). Based on this information, the Board of Pension Trustees voted unanimously on December 10, 2024, to delay implementation of Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 174.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 42	Delaware SB 42 (153)	bill		enacted	Timothy D. Dukes Trey Paradee William J. Carson	1	9	1	2025-01-10	2025-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/024a1331-71f4-486c-a9f5-d7c6e14ad909	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141765	c556aff89b8ba8bb84105ee30d3b1110c9dbd45f116c50896d8fd8c70233601b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 42 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 446 OF VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PENSIONS FOR THE STATE JUDICIARY.

After enactment of Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 174 of the 152nd General Assembly (Chapter 446 of Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware), it was discovered that Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 174 would, if implemented, jeopardize the qualified federal tax status of the Delaware Public Employees Retirement System by giving individuals who are Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of the Superior Court, Family Court, and Court of Common Pleas (“Commissioners”), and Magistrates in Chancery (“Magistrates”), as of the effective date, an election to participate in the Judicial Pension Plan at a different rate of pre-tax contribution than presently required for those individuals under the State Employees’ Pension Plan (3% or 5%, depending on start date). Based on this information, the Board of Pension Trustees voted unanimously on December 10, 2024, to delay implementation of Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 174.

Version chain

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

1. SA 1 to SB 42 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-15 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-01-21 Amendment SA 1 to SB 42 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT amendment-passage
• 2025-01-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT passage
• 2025-01-22 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-29 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2025-02-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/024a1331-71f4-486c-a9f5-d7c6e14ad909. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).