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DE HB 246

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATION ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS' TAX RATE AFTER GENERAL REASSESSMENT.

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

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Did DE HB 246 pass?

The current status of DE HB 246 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-03-25): Tabled in Committee

What is DE HB 246 about?

This Act removes the 10% increase in school property tax revenue and replaces it with a school district that can demonstrate that it will suffer a loss of projected revenue resulting from the general reassessment being allowed to increase its rate of taxation up to 2% per year for 5 years or until the district's projected revenue loss per year has been fully realized, whichever comes first.

Who sponsors DE HB 246?

David L. Wilson, Brian Pettyjohn, Dave G. Lawson and 2 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 246.

Description

This Act removes the 10% increase in school property tax revenue and replaces it with a school district that can demonstrate that it will suffer a loss of projected revenue resulting from the general reassessment being allowed to increase its rate of taxation up to 2% per year for 5 years or until the district's projected revenue loss per year has been fully realized, whichever comes first.

Introduced
2026-03-25
Latest action
2026-03-25 — Tabled in Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • David L. Wilsonprimary
  • Brian Pettyjohnprimary
  • Dave G. Lawsonprimary
  • Franklin D. Cookeprimary
  • Bryan W. Shupeprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-03-25

    Tabled in Committee

  2. 2026-03-25

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 246, and Assigned to Education Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

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Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143012

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