---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REALTY TRANSFER TAX."
description: "This Act increases by 1% the rate of realty transfer tax to be received by the State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Delaware HB 279 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "David B. McBride", "Deborah Hudson", "F. Gary Simpson", "Gregory F. Lavelle", "John J. Viola", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-07-02"
last_action: "2017-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c588a42-725e-438f-b499-4fa97fd67aa0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26206"
source_hash: "870fe97840cad92078359e070bca42d42b4a262de9ba61c57583c419e57154db"
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 279 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REALTY TRANSFER TAX.

This Act increases by 1% the rate of realty transfer tax to be received by the State.

## 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=26206&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB279)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **31–9** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **13–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-07-02** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 9 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Amendment SA 1 to HB 279 - Laid On Table in Senate `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-03** 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/4c588a42-725e-438f-b499-4fa97fd67aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).