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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6, TITLE 8, AND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VARIOUS FEES AND TAXES CHARGED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
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description: "This Act alters various fees assessed by the Delaware Secretary of State. The Act provides that most changes to the fees and taxes assessed will take effect on August 1, 2017; however increases to the maximum franchise tax and the late penalty for the filing of an annual franchise tax report shall take effect for the tax year beginning January 1, 2017, and the increase of the assumed par value multiplier for calculation of the corporate franchise tax and the authorized shares multiplier for corporations with greater than 10,000 authorized shares for calculation of the corporate franchise tax shall take effect for the tax year beginning on January 1, 2018."
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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 175"
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citation: "Delaware HB 175 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-11"
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last_action: "2017-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46bb57d-77f7-4849-95cc-3cc2123990a1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25780"
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source_hash: "14ce51a194cc8cb9c226ff5b86d773fc93a1d31f32d111685545c4ed734ee0cd"
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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 175 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6, TITLE 8, AND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VARIOUS FEES AND TAXES CHARGED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
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This Act alters various fees assessed by the Delaware Secretary of State. The Act provides that most changes to the fees and taxes assessed will take effect on August 1, 2017; however increases to the maximum franchise tax and the late penalty for the filing of an annual franchise tax report shall take effect for the tax year beginning January 1, 2017, and the increase of the assumed par value multiplier for calculation of the corporate franchise tax and the authorized shares multiplier for corporations with greater than 10,000 authorized shares for calculation of the corporate franchise tax shall take effect for the tax year beginning on January 1, 2018.
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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=25780&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB175)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **16–4** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
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- John J. Viola — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-11** Introduced in House and Assigned to House Administration Committee `introduction`
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- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-22** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 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/c46bb57d-77f7-4849-95cc-3cc2123990a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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