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HB 170 Delaware House · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES.

Summary
This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds to pay expenses related to assessments and reassessments of real property and associated improvements. Further, it permits New Castle County to expand potential referees of tax assessment appeals beyond members of the Bar of the State of Delaware.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Sep 2021
Introduced Apr 20, 2021 Signed Sep 30, 2021
Floor votes · House May 13, 2021

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 30, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO
upper
May 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
upper
May 13, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Apr 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
EB
Ernesto B. Lopez
RRepublican
DE
6
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Danny Short
Danny Short
RRepublican
DE
39
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
Photo of Gerald Hocker
Gerald Hocker
RRepublican
DE
20
Co
Photo of Jesse Vanderwende
Jesse Vanderwende
RRepublican
DE
35
Co
Photo of Lyndon Yearick
Lyndon Yearick
RRepublican
DE
34
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23