---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF FRANKFORD RELATING TO TAXATION."
description: "This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Frankford. In Section 15 of the Charter, it allows the town of Frankford to levy a Real Estate Transfer Tax up to one and a half percent of the sale price, as opposed to the current provision, which allows for one percent of the sale price."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 414"
citation: "Delaware HB 414 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard G. Collins", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-23"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb7bd262-d391-4ea9-8544-41dbedc9c6c5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141465"
source_hash: "689bd4fe03a11ea0035285f61d7eafb12df00f183478b5c6df4417bc07526bd8"
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 414 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF FRANKFORD RELATING TO TAXATION.

This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Frankford. In Section 15 of the Charter, it allows the town of Frankford to levy a Real Estate Transfer Tax up to one and a half percent of the sale price, as opposed to the current provision, which allows for one percent of the sale price.

## 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=141465&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB414)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-10-09** 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/eb7bd262-d391-4ea9-8544-41dbedc9c6c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).