Delaware Senate Bill 22 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-16 - Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill establishes a 20 year retirement for correction officers and specified peace officers. The bill amends the multiplier for calculation of state employee pension benefits for correction officers and specified peace officers from either 1.85%, 2.0% or 2.45% to a uniform 2.5% for the first 20 years, plus 3.5% for years beyond 20 years. The increased multipliers reflect increased costs, reduced benefits and the need to recruit and retain qualified and competent correction officers and specified peace officers with a modernized pension benefit. In addition, this bill amends the employee contribution for all correction officers and specified peace officers to a uniform 7%. Specified peace officers means (1) Probation and parole officers employed by the Department of Correction; (2) Capitol Police officers; (3) Department of Natural Resources police officers; (4) University of Delaware Police; (5) State Fire Marshal officers; (6) Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement agents; (7) Justice of the Peace Court constables; and (8) Probation and parole officers in the Serious Juvenile Offender Unit and senior probation officers employed by the Division of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Service Pensions For Certain State Employees.

Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. James Johnson [D]
Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-16		Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25436
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25436&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB22