republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-32.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.	This act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to allow for tax abatements for a five year period on all improvements of properties, for all zoned properties, located within the Downtown Development District and establishing the condition that all town taxes, fees, etc., are current in order to qualify for such abatement.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 32	Delaware HB 32 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Timothy D. Dukes	1	7	2	2017-01-11	2017-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/f1d5b7a9-2a9d-43c8-8d03-61aacae33d1a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25380	52a2fbafc9dee64fb48fe771ec29bd4d6b33664b4e43a82b40b3be539323553e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 32 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

This act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to allow for tax abatements for a five year period on all improvements of properties, for all zoned properties, located within the Downtown Development District and establishing the condition that all town taxes, fees, etc., are current in order to qualify for such abatement.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-11 Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-01-18 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-01-19 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-01-19 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-16 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-03-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1d5b7a9-2a9d-43c8-8d03-61aacae33d1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).