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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PROCEDURE, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY FOR TAXES."
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description: "Section 1 of this Act enhances the State’s ability to collect delinquent taxes by (a) allowing for renewal of a judgment for unpaid taxes beyond the current 20 year limit for an additional term of 20 years, and (b) allows for recording of a judgment for unpaid taxes in any county of the State. Section 2 makes it clear that this legislation is effective as of July 1, 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 252"
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citation: "Delaware HB 252 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "John Walsh", "Kimberly Williams", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 5
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-20"
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last_action: "2017-08-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fc55356-c947-494d-b7d8-ad3b132e25c8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26018"
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source_hash: "03630dfc9ac176be067f671f3495879a30a68e2ae54821ee324375bb26c6c0f2"
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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 252 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PROCEDURE, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY FOR TAXES.
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Section 1 of this Act enhances the State’s ability to collect delinquent taxes by (a) allowing for renewal of a judgment for unpaid taxes beyond the current 20 year limit for an additional term of 20 years, and (b) allows for recording of a judgment for unpaid taxes in any county of the State. Section 2 makes it clear that this legislation is effective as of July 1, 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=26018&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB252)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-08-30** 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/5fc55356-c947-494d-b7d8-ad3b132e25c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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