Delaware Senate Bill 175 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 17 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-07-17 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund (OPEB Fund) is used to pay the State's benefits for post-retirement health insurance under the State employees' pension plan. This Act requires that every year, at least 1% of the grand total of all General Fund operating budget appropriations for the prior fiscal year is appropriated to the OPEB Fund. The total amount of the contributions to the OPEB Fund is not allowed to exceed the annual required contribution, which is actuarially determined by the Board of Pension Trustees.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Appropriations For Post-retirement Health Insurance Premiums.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]

Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]

Rep. Michael Ramone [R]

2023-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-06-15 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-07-17		Signed by Governor
2023-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2023-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
2023-06-16		Assigned to Administration Committee in House
2023-06-15		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-06-14		Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable
2023-06-14		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2023-06-14		Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2023-06-13		Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140591
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140591&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB175
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54654
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55055