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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION."
+description: "Section 1 of this Act clarifies that subcontractors are obligated to ensure the secrecy of tax returns and tax information."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 217"
+citation: "Delaware HB 217 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Helene M. Keeley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-08"
+last_action: "2017-07-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/605770d1-4d8a-4b48-b954-b8fdba3e681c"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25927"
+source_hash: "f03c44cd3e21f2daa2bf86b694e550b7b6e991f164e3c36ea61e67229ec7b3bd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 217 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.
+
+Section 1 of this Act clarifies that subcontractors are obligated to ensure the secrecy of tax returns and tax information.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25927&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB217)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
+- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-06-27** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-07-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/605770d1-4d8a-4b48-b954-b8fdba3e681c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+