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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.

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2026-06-24
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Signed by Governor
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Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.
  • This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No.
  • 289 by retaining the State Treasurer as a member of the State Employee Benefits Committee (Committee) and making the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources a nonvoting member.
  • Like SB 289, this Act allows the appointed members of the Committee to select designees to attend Committee and subcommittee meetings, as is currently allowed for Committee members serving by virtue of position.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2026-06-23 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT

  3. 2026-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits

  4. 2026-05-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Administration Committee in House

  5. 2026-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  6. 2026-05-13 Delaware General Assembly

    was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 289

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.
This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 289 by retaining the State Treasurer as a member of the State Employee Benefits Committee (Committee) and making the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources a nonvoting member.

Like SB 289, this Act allows the appointed members of the Committee to select designees to attend Committee and subcommittee meetings, as is currently allowed for Committee members serving by virtue of position. This change does not apply to meetings of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee. The authority that appointed the member must approve the appointed member’s proposed designee and the appointed member must provide that written approval to the Committee chair or subcommittee chair, as applicable.

In addition, this Act makes the Controller General a voting member of the Committee. This Act also adds the Chair of the Delaware Health Care Commission to the Committee and designates that individual as the Chair of the Committee. Further,