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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INTERACTIVE FANTASY CONTESTS. | An estimated 100,000 people in Delaware participate in some form of fantasy sports, whether it is a football or baseball league with their friends and family, or more recently, a daily or weekly contest against players from across the country. This legislation confirms that those contests are "games of skill" and, therefore, not a form of illegal gambling under Delaware law. It also requires operators to apply for a license and comply with some of the strictest consumer protection safeguards in the nation. Finally, the legislation subjects operators of paid fantasy sports contests to a 15% tax on their net adjusted revenues, as well as a $50,000 annual fee. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 249 | Delaware HB 249 (149) |
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1 | 16 | 4 | 2017-06-20 | 2017-07-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/448193bd-7125-452e-b105-a5113c93f81a | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26015 | 3b8cdea4ad5ee2cc2c133449c0a2db211da59e8199ba39cd40c8521ff92b8f8e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware HB 249 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INTERACTIVE FANTASY CONTESTS.
An estimated 100,000 people in Delaware participate in some form of fantasy sports, whether it is a football or baseball league with their friends and family, or more recently, a daily or weekly contest against players from across the country. This legislation confirms that those contests are "games of skill" and, therefore, not a form of illegal gambling under Delaware law. It also requires operators to apply for a license and comply with some of the strictest consumer protection safeguards in the nation. Finally, the legislation subjects operators of paid fantasy sports contests to a 15% tax on their net adjusted revenues, as well as a $50,000 annual fee.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3/5 — 28–6 (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — 13–7 (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — 36–4 (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — 10–11 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-06-20 Introduced and Assigned to Gaming & Parimutuels Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Gaming & Parimutuels) in House with 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2017-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 249 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2017-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2017-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 249 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2017-06-27 Amendment HA 2 to HB 249 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2017-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 6 NO 2 NOT VOTING 5 ABSENT
passage - 2017-06-27 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2017-06-29 Amendment SA 1 to HB 249 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
amendment-passage - 2017-06-29 Defeated By Senate. Votes: 10 YES 11 NO
failure - 2017-06-30 Reconsidered in Senate
- 2017-06-30 Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- 2017-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING
passage - 2017-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT
passage - 2017-07-26 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/448193bd-7125-452e-b105-a5113c93f81a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).