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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ESTATE TAX."
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description: "This bill will sunset the Delaware Estate Tax on December 31, 2017."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 16"
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citation: "Delaware HB 16 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["F. Gary Simpson", "Gregory F. Lavelle", "Michael Ramone", "Ruth Briggs King"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2016-12-15"
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last_action: "2017-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398b8664-92db-45f5-b070-e063db3d3850"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25335"
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source_hash: "9b6b51f2794265578bdb0299ca2ef52adcb032a33142d7babcdabf4f96c7c238"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 16 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ESTATE TAX.
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This bill will sunset the Delaware Estate Tax on December 31, 2017.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25335&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB16)
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## Votes
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- SM — **13–7** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **26–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-15** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 8 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 16 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 16 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-22** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398b8664-92db-45f5-b070-e063db3d3850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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