---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDIT."
description: "This Act increases the maximum tax credit available for owner occupied historic property by $10,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Delaware SB 212 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Hudson", "Michael Mulrooney", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-10"
last_action: "2018-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bde856e9-68d8-4adf-84a9-0e8339fecccb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26691"
source_hash: "166cc9073d43eaee2281616b15d2d58c9699bb9bc98eeedab93d4462f72102cb"
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 SB 212 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDIT.

This Act increases the maximum tax credit available for owner occupied historic property by $10,000.

## 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=26691&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB212)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-13** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-08-29** 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/bde856e9-68d8-4adf-84a9-0e8339fecccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).