---
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).