Delaware House Bill 387 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Vetoed on August 17 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-08-17 - Vetoed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act relates to police and fire pension funds created under Title 18 of the Delaware Code. The General Assembly created a special fund in the hopes of ensuring adequate pensions for affected police officers and firefighters, and their surviving spouses. This has not come to pass with regard to all pensions, however. By way of example only, the average surviving spouse in the Wilmington Police and Fire retirement plan receives a pension of only $10,080, which is $1,090 dollars below the 2012 poverty level. Moreover, there have been only five disbursements under the special fund in its 43 year history. To address this, the Act would allow for an additional manner of providing distributions from the related special fund established for Police and Fire pensions. Specifically, disbursements from the fund to be made pursuant to this Act would be biennial and structured in three (3) categories. The three (3) categories are based upon length of retirement and whether the eligible individual is a surviving spouse.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Special Funds.

Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]
Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]

2012-06-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-06-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-17		Vetoed by Governor
2012-06-28		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-06-28		Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2012-06-21		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-06-21		Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2012-06-21		Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House
2012-06-19		Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2012-06-12		Introduced in House and assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
2012-06-12		Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/08df0b9edcc21c0785257a1000590867?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+387/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+387/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/737a83eaf592939585257a2400758215?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/24337914b401437a85257a2b00711da8?OpenDocument