republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-178.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIENS FOR TAXES ASSESSED AGAINST REAL PROPERTY.	This Act reconciles discrepancies between § 8705 of Title 9 of the Delaware Code and § 2903 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, clarifying that all taxes assessed against real estate by Kent or Sussex Counties are governed by § 8705 of Title 9 and that the date on which Sussex County considers a tax delinquent is July 1.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 178	Delaware HB 178 (150)	bill		enacted	Andria L. Bennett Colin Bonini Dave G. Lawson Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Sean M. Lynn	2	9	2	2019-06-04	2020-02-10	openstates	ocd-bill/43bb8c06-1c2b-497f-879a-b9fdf6200220	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47577	eeebdd74a1b1c1864202e7ca8cabad8a66b03a938e473a6a077e65537e0b1a6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 178 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIENS FOR TAXES ASSESSED AGAINST REAL PROPERTY.

This Act reconciles discrepancies between § 8705 of Title 9 of the Delaware Code and § 2903 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, clarifying that all taxes assessed against real estate by Kent or Sussex Counties are governed by § 8705 of Title 9 and that the date on which Sussex County considers a tax delinquent is July 1.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 178 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
• Colin Bonini — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-04 Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 178 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 178 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-12-19 Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2020-02-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43bb8c06-1c2b-497f-879a-b9fdf6200220. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).