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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION."
+description: "This Act requires the tax collecting authority of each county, in the first tax year following a general reassessment, to allow the payment of school taxes under a payment plan of at least 3 equal installments for a residential taxpayer, in a primary residence, whose tax bill increases by $300 or more over the prior year. No late fees, interest, or penalties may be assessed to a taxpayer who enters and complies with a payment plan."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 241"
+citation: "Delaware HB 241 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-08-07"
+last_action: "2025-08-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/746bf8a1-86cd-4ccf-b08b-5054517a1183"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142677"
+source_hash: "0ea37fd971128c01bb136ed43e5c633724bd45654b52ae478e0fe632a1746873"
+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 241 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION.
+
+This Act requires the tax collecting authority of each county, in the first tax year following a general reassessment, to allow the payment of school taxes under a payment plan of at least 3 equal installments for a residential taxpayer, in a primary residence, whose tax bill increases by $300 or more over the prior year. No late fees, interest, or penalties may be assessed to a taxpayer who enters and complies with a payment plan.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HA 10 to HB 241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142711&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+2. **HA 3 to HB 241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142700&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+3. **HA 7 to HB 241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142707&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **34–5** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
+- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
+- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+- William J. Carson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-08-07** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 2 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 3 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 4 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 5 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 2 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 3 to HB 241 - Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 4 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 5 to HB 241 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 24 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 6 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 7 to HB 241 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 8 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 9 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
+- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 10 to HB 241 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2025-08-12** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2025-08-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-08-12** 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/746bf8a1-86cd-4ccf-b08b-5054517a1183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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