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HA4TOHS1FORHB113 • 2025

This amendment adds clarifying language to the bill, and addresses a situation in which the individual denied a pension under this section predeceases having completed the application, so as not to deny the survivor of the individual the survivor benefits.

This amendment adds clarifying language to the bill, and addresses a situation in which the individual denied a pension under this section predeceases having completed the application, so as not to deny the survivor of the individual the survivor benefits.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Shupe
Last action
2025-06-25
Official status
Introduced and Placed With Bill
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendment on Pension Denials and Survivor Benefits

This amendment clarifies that individuals denied a service or disability pension can still receive their own contributions without interest, and ensures survivors get benefits even if the individual died before finishing an application.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes rules so individuals denied a service or disability pension cannot receive that specific type of payment.
  • Allows those same individuals to receive the money they personally contributed to their pensions.
  • States that interest earned on personal contributions will not be paid out in these cases.
  • Removes language requiring an individual to finish filling out an application before certain rules apply.
  • Ensures survivors can still get survivor benefits even if the original person died before completing paperwork.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Individuals who are denied a service or disability pension under this section of law
  • Survivors of individuals who die while their pension application is incomplete

Limits and Unknowns

  • The effective date for when this change takes place is not listed in the provided information.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This amendment adds clarifying language to the bill, and addresses a situation in which the individual denied a pension under this section predeceases having completed the application, so as not to deny the survivor of the individual the survivor benefits.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Shupe

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 113

AMEND House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 113 on lines 8 and 9 by deleting the phrase “

shall not be entitled or permitted to receive the state’s contribution to such pension, or interest upon the individual’s own contribution

” and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase “

shall not be entitled or permitted to receive a service or disability pension, but shall be entitled or permitted to receive their own contributions to those pensions, excluding interest on the individual’s own contribution

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 113 on lines 17 and 18 by deleting the phrase “

the individual has completed an application as required under § 5531 and

”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment adds clarifying language to the bill, and addresses a situation in which the individual denied a pension under this section predeceases having completed the application, so as not to deny the survivor of the individual the survivor benefits.