AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 118 OF VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAXES.
Summary
Section 1 of this Act increases the standard deduction for personal income tax purposes of resident individuals and spouses of this State for tax years beginning after December 31, 2023. Section 3 of this Act increases the monetary filing thresholds resulting from the increases the standard deduction under Section 1. Sections 2 and 4 of this Act increase the refundable earned income tax credit to 7.5% of the corresponding federal earned income tax credit for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, and clarify that a previously enacted refundable earned income tax credit of 4.5% of the corresponding federal earned income tax credit took effect for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 17, 2023
Last action Jun 21, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 4, 2023
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Apr 4, 2023
D
Democratic25
92% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 21, 2023
Introduced
Amendment SA 2 to HB 89 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 20, 2023
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to HB 89 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
May 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 Favorable
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 17, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House
lower
37 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
P
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
P
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
P
Bryan Shupe
RRepublican
P
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
P
Charles Postles
RRepublican
P
Danny Short
RRepublican
P
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
P
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
P
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
P
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
P
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
P
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
P
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
P
Jesse Vanderwende
RRepublican
P
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Kerri Harris
DDemocratic
P
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
P
Lyndon Yearick
RRepublican
P
Mike Ramone
RRepublican
P
Mike Smith
RRepublican
P
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
P
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
P
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
P
Rich Collins
RRepublican
P
Ron Gray
RRepublican
P
Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
P
RB
Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
P
Sean Matthews
DDemocratic
P
Shannon Morris
RRepublican
P
Sherry Dorsey Walker
DDemocratic
P
Spiros Mantzavinos
DDemocratic
P
Stell Selby
DDemocratic
P
Tim Dukes
RRepublican
P
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
P
Trey Paradee
DDemocratic
P
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
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