AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REALTY TRANSFER TAX.
Summary
This Act increases by 1% the rate of realty transfer tax to be received by the State.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2017
Committee Review
House Passage
Jul 2017
Senate Passage
Jul 2017
Signed into Law
Jul 2017
Introduced Jul 2, 2017
Signed Jul 3, 2017
Floor votes · House Jul 2, 2017
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
3
Committee
0
Amendments
1
Jul 3, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jul 2, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT
upper
Jul 2, 2017
Amended
Amendment SA 1 to HB 279 - Laid On Table in Senate
upper
Jul 2, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 9 NO 1 NOT VOTING
lower
Jul 2, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danny Short
RRepublican
P
DB
David B. McBride
DDemocratic
P
DH
Deborah Hudson
RRepublican
P
FG
F. Gary Simpson
RRepublican
P
GF
Gregory F. Lavelle
RRepublican
P
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
P
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
P
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
P
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
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