Delaware House Bill 99 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-5)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-28 - Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill provides that for correction officers and specified peace officers, the amount of ordinary service or disability pension benefits given to state employees shall also include the following: (1) Before July 1, 2019, 2.45% of his or her final average compensation multiplied by years of service above 25 years; (2) After July 1, 2019, 2.5% of his or her final average compensation multiplied by the number of years of service for up to 20 years, plus 3.5% of his or her final average compensation multiplied by the number of years of service above 20 years. The increased multipliers that take effect after July 1, 2019 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 The State Employees' Pension Plan.

Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-28		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

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Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47296
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47296&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB99