republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-61.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.	This bill will add 4 new check-off donation boxes on the Delaware personal income tax return whereby individuals may choose to donate a portion of their tax refund, or designate an amount in addition to the tax they owe that will be transferred by the Division of Revenue to one of the following organizations: Food Bank of Delaware, Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, or Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 61	Delaware HB 61 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Paul S. Baumbach	1	7	2	2017-01-26	2017-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/9637eaea-927c-4565-ac06-a129019e8f4e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25432	bcdaac90de2acacf8273c11415e8d6a43d7a5d00591911528808b5aa4851f376	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 61 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

This bill will add 4 new check-off donation boxes on the Delaware personal income tax return whereby individuals may choose to donate a portion of their tax refund, or designate an amount in addition to the tax they owe that will be transferred by the Division of Revenue to one of the following organizations: Food Bank of Delaware, Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, or Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-03-28 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-03-28 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-09-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9637eaea-927c-4565-ac06-a129019e8f4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).