republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-279.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 279	Delaware HB 279 (149)	bill		enacted	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	1	6	2	2017-07-02	2017-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/4c588a42-725e-438f-b499-4fa97fd67aa0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26206	870fe97840cad92078359e070bca42d42b4a262de9ba61c57583c419e57154db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/4c588a42-725e-438f-b499-4fa97fd67aa0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).