---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO TAX ADMINISTRATION."
description: "Section 1 of this Act provides that the Director of Revenue shall make tax returns available via the Internet on or before January 15 of each tax year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 392"
citation: "Delaware HB 392 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Helene M. Keeley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-01"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b51af905-add5-4d62-9e25-82ed8ea094d8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26591"
source_hash: "30d33afc477ab7c8a6cda3c41de0ef20b4571cad6f01f6e33ffcbc2d79ce6c99"
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 392 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.

Section 1 of this Act provides that the Director of Revenue shall make tax returns available via the Internet on or before January 15 of each tax year.

## 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=26591&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB392)

## Votes

- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-01** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-08** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-08** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** 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/b51af905-add5-4d62-9e25-82ed8ea094d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).