HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 202

AMEND Senate Bill No. 202 by adding a new “Section 2” after line 17 to read as follows:

Section 2. Amend § 6602(2), Title 18 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

X. Persons who qualified previously as a “covered person” under this section whose death proximately resulted from an action by a person seeking retaliation against the previously covered person relating to performing the duties of their former office or position.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment expands line-of-duty benefits to cover previously covered persons, such as retirees, whose death is the proximate result of actions by a person seeking retaliation against the previously covered person for performing the duties of their former office or position.