DE HB 241

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Description

This Act requires the tax collecting authority of each county, in the first tax year following a general reassessment, to allow the payment of school taxes under a payment plan of at least 3 equal installments for a residential taxpayer, in a primary residence, whose tax bill increases by $300 or more over the prior year. No late fees, interest, or penalties may be assessed to a taxpayer who enters and complies with a payment plan. The Act also reduces late payment penalties for school taxes in New Castle County to 1% per month, the current penalty for late payment in Kent and Sussex. This Act sunsets 3 years after its enactment into law.

Introduced: 2025-08-07
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-12 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-08-07
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 2 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 3 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 4 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 5 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-08-12
Suspension of Rules in House
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 2 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 3 to HB 241 - Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT
amendment-passage
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 4 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 5 to HB 241 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 24 NO 2 ABSENT
amendment-failure
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 6 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 7 to HB 241 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 8 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 9 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
2025-08-12
Amendment HA 10 to HB 241 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2025-08-12
Suspension of Rules in House
2025-08-12
Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT
passage
2025-08-12
Suspension of Rules in Senate
2025-08-12
Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT
passage
2025-08-12
Signed by Governor
executive-signature

Versions

HA 10 to HB 241Compare
HA 7 to HB 241Compare
HA 3 to HB 241Compare

Documents

Votes

SM
2025-08-12 · pass · 34-5
Member-level votes (41)
- Alonna Berry: yes
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: no
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: other
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: no
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: no
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: other
- Charles S Postles Jr.: no
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: no
SM
2025-08-12 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (62)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: other
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: other
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: other
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: other
- Alonna Berry: yes
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: no
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: other
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: no
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: no
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: other
- Charles S Postles Jr.: no
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: no

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https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142677

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