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HB9 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL COMPENSATION POLICY.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL COMPENSATION POLICY.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes details about updating old laws and making them clearer, which is mentioned but not detailed in the provided official summary.

Law to Require Reporting of Dual Employment for State Workers

This law requires state workers who have two jobs with the government to tell a special group about both jobs and sets rules for how they should report their work hours.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires paid elected or appointed officials in Delaware, who also work as employees of the state or local governments, to disclose their dual employment to the Public Integrity Commission.
  • Aids the Public Integrity Commission and State Auditor in evaluating if these workers are receiving double pay for coincident hours of work.
  • Requires the Public Integrity Commission to report any findings of dual compensation back to the worker's employer.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Paid elected or appointed officials in Delaware who also work for state agencies or local governments.
  • The Public Integrity Commission and State Auditor of Delaware.

Terms To Know

Public Integrity Commission
A group that checks if government workers are following rules about their jobs and pay.
Dual employment
Having two different jobs at the same time, especially when both jobs involve working for the government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify what happens if someone fails to report their dual employment within the required timeframe.
  • It is unclear how strictly this new reporting requirement will be enforced by employers and the Public Integrity Commission.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HA 1

1 • K. Williams

Passed 3/18/25

Plain English: The amendment to HB9 adds a new definition for 'institution of higher education' and excludes these institutions from being considered as political subdivisions or state agencies.

  • Adds a new definition for 'institution of higher education', which includes public or private educational institutions in Delaware that offer programs beyond high school and award degrees, receiving state funding.
  • Excludes 'institutions of higher education' from the definitions of both 'political subdivision of this State' and 'state agency'.
  • The amendment text does not specify how excluding institutions of higher education from being political subdivisions or state agencies will affect their operations.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-05-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  3. 2025-04-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-03-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 9 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  5. 2025-03-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT

  6. 2025-03-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate

  7. 2025-03-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  8. 2025-01-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 9 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  9. 2025-01-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL COMPENSATION POLICY.
Section 4 of this Act requires a paid elected official or paid appointed official of this State or any political subdivision of this State (“official”) who is also employed by a state agency or a political subdivision of this State to disclose the dual employment to the Public Integrity Commission (“Commission”). This disclosure will assist the Commission and the State Auditor in evaluating if the official is receiving dual public compensation for coincident hours of work and requires the Commission to report to the official’s employer of any finding of dual compensation.

Sections 1 through 3 of this Act make technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, including by creating definitions to ensure consistent usage of terms and by redrafting existing law to use active voice to ensure clarity of duties and obligations of officials and state agencies or political subdivisions of this State that employ officials.

Section 5 of this Act makes clear that an individual serving as an official on the effective date of this Act must disclose any dual employment within 15 days after the enactment of this Act.

Section 6 of this Act provides that this Act takes effect 1 year after the Act’s enactment into law.