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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND INCOME TAX RETURNS."
+description: "This Act creates a new charitable donation option on the Delaware income tax return. It allows taxpayers to direct a donation to the SL24: Unlocke the Light Foundation out of their state tax refund or in addition to the payment of owed tax. The Foundation works to educate the community to end the stigma, myths, and barriers surrounding mental health and to encourage productive conversations regarding mental health and wellness; provide uninsured and underinsured young people the means to get the critical and ongoing health services they need through the SL24 Mental Health Scholarship program; and provide access to trained Peer24 Team Members, Support Groups, and safe spaces like Sean’s House and Sean’s Rooms;"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 24"
+citation: "Delaware HB 24 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-29"
+last_action: "2024-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d641f0-8a30-4f8e-ae12-b30ca1487b45"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140951"
+source_hash: "eef9cfa37928ff26b1c1f724c3d835e9ed4bd823f255c9cb591701d298a93c04"
+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 24 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND INCOME TAX RETURNS.
+
+This Act creates a new charitable donation option on the Delaware income tax return. It allows taxpayers to direct a donation to the SL24: Unlocke the Light Foundation out of their state tax refund or in addition to the payment of owed tax. The Foundation works to educate the community to end the stigma, myths, and barriers surrounding mental health and to encourage productive conversations regarding mental health and wellness; provide uninsured and underinsured young people the means to get the critical and ongoing health services they need through the SL24 Mental Health Scholarship program; and provide access to trained Peer24 Team Members, Support Groups, and safe spaces like Sean’s House and Sean’s Rooms;
+
+## 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=140951&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB24)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140975&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-29** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** Amendment HA 1 to HB 24 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-03-05** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 8 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 24 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-14** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-03-14** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-06-27** 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/a5d641f0-8a30-4f8e-ae12-b30ca1487b45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+