republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-99.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX CREDITS.	This bill would require that a resident 65 years of age or older claiming a tax credit against school taxes must be a resident of the state for at least 10 years before qualifying for such credit. The current requirement is only for 3-year residency. This bill makes a conforming change in the Code provision governing reimbursements from the General Fund. It also eliminates language related to 2001 taxes, which is no longer relevant. This change will be effective for tax and fiscal years after January 1, 2017. Those residents who would have become eligible over the last three years under the prior version of the statute will remain eligible.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 99	Delaware HB 99 (149)	bill		enacted	John Walsh Kimberly Williams	1	10	2	2017-03-30	2017-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/2367b31a-4425-45d3-9c70-be3c3263b358	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25573	4ee23f22ceec77bce83fd7dde750d022186f8b21c273767fb59b563cb0b6b0b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 99 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX CREDITS.

This bill would require that a resident 65 years of age or older claiming a tax credit against school taxes must be a resident of the state for at least 10 years before qualifying for such credit. The current requirement is only for 3-year residency. This bill makes a conforming change in the Code provision governing reimbursements from the General Fund. It also eliminates language related to 2001 taxes, which is no longer relevant. This change will be effective for tax and fiscal years after January 1, 2017. Those residents who would have become eligible over the last three years under the prior version of the statute will remain eligible.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–2 (pass) · lower
• SM — 17–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John Walsh — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-30 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 ReAssigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-04-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 99 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 99 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-04-27 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-27 ReAssigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2017-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2367b31a-4425-45d3-9c70-be3c3263b358. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).