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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES."
+description: "This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds for recreational amenities and land preservation programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 426"
+citation: "Delaware HB 426 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-05-12"
+last_action: "2022-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01458bd6-619a-4bda-9122-4d09d38c70b2"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109506"
+source_hash: "21f57078a59dc65b57bb659639948f4fc1bac558cd9b1dd52d55970b13b05174"
+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 426 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES.
+
+This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds for recreational amenities and land preservation programs.
+
+## 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=109506&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB426)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-05-12** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2022-05-18** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2022-05-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2022-05-19** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2022-07-22** 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/01458bd6-619a-4bda-9122-4d09d38c70b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+