republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-38.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS TO REAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.	For purposes of clarity regarding Delaware's commitment to supporting Delawareans with disabilities, including military service-related disabilities, this Act codifies existing county-level tax exemptions. Absent this Act, Delaware will continue to be one of the only states, if not the only state, that is silent at the state level with regard to exemptions for service-related disabilities.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 38	Delaware SB 38 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Earl G. Jaques Jr.	1	9	2	2017-03-21	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/db40b725-9c33-42cb-84a9-e89c91367d05	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25506	ffc33234bb78bc604f4b05c7276340803175f79f0e38dc72c9e1a1a018ed25ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 38 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS TO REAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.

For purposes of clarity regarding Delaware's commitment to supporting Delawareans with disabilities, including military service-related disabilities, this Act codifies existing county-level tax exemptions. Absent this Act, Delaware will continue to be one of the only states, if not the only state, that is silent at the state level with regard to exemptions for service-related disabilities.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-21 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-01 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 1 Favorable, 15 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-21 Amendment HA 1 to SB 38 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SB 38 - Stricken in House
• 2017-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db40b725-9c33-42cb-84a9-e89c91367d05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).