---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX."
description: "This bill increases the amount of the tax credit for active members of volunteer fire, ambulance and rescue service companies and their auxiliaries from $500 to $1,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Delaware SB 189 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell", "Ruth Briggs King", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-16"
last_action: "2022-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab659dc4-5d06-449f-976b-7b1f5bc92321"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78929"
source_hash: "243dc4413707fe0d4c794fc9a48723c4622a48fba0a088230479b17bd7d32b54"
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 189 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

This bill increases the amount of the tax credit for active members of volunteer fire, ambulance and rescue service companies and their auxiliaries from $500 to $1,000.

## 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=78929&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB189)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (fail) · upper
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-14** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Amendment SA 1 to SB 189 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 189 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Reconsidered in Senate
- **2022-03-15** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- **2022-03-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 189 - Stricken in Senate
- **2022-03-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 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/ab659dc4-5d06-449f-976b-7b1f5bc92321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).