republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-229.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.	This Act increases the non-refundable income tax credit from $400 to $500 for active members of Delaware volunteer fire, ambulance, or rescue service company or its auxiliary. This Act also makes technical changes to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 229	Delaware HB 229 (150)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Sherry Dorsey Walker William Bush William J. Carson	2	10	2	2019-06-17	2020-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/98705d16-3959-462e-bf56-443448592f04	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47727	ac19dd4584b1c5433dd800dd255afbce0cdb4a92bbd1749040ef5169267ad150	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 229 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

This Act increases the non-refundable income tax credit from $400 to $500 for active members of Delaware volunteer fire, ambulance, or rescue service company or its auxiliary. This Act also makes technical changes to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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 229 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-17 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-20 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 229 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-12-19 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-23 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2020-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2020-09-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98705d16-3959-462e-bf56-443448592f04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).