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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PROCEDURE, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY FOR TAXES."
+description: "Section 1 of this Act enhances the State’s ability to collect delinquent taxes by (a) allowing for renewal of a judgment for unpaid taxes beyond the current 20 year limit for an additional term of 20 years, and (b) allows for recording of a judgment for unpaid taxes in any county of the State. Section 2 makes it clear that this legislation is effective as of July 1, 2017."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 252"
+citation: "Delaware HB 252 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "John Walsh", "Kimberly Williams", "Valerie Longhurst"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 5
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-20"
+last_action: "2017-08-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fc55356-c947-494d-b7d8-ad3b132e25c8"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26018"
+source_hash: "03630dfc9ac176be067f671f3495879a30a68e2ae54821ee324375bb26c6c0f2"
+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 252 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PROCEDURE, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY FOR TAXES.
+
+Section 1 of this Act enhances the State’s ability to collect delinquent taxes by (a) allowing for renewal of a judgment for unpaid taxes beyond the current 20 year limit for an additional term of 20 years, and (b) allows for recording of a judgment for unpaid taxes in any county of the State. Section 2 makes it clear that this legislation is effective as of July 1, 2017.
+
+## 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=26018&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB252)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
+- John Walsh — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
+- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-08-30** 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/5fc55356-c947-494d-b7d8-ad3b132e25c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+