republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-235.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REAL ESTATE SERVICES, BROKERS, ASSOCIATE BROKERS, AND SALESPERSONS.	This Act will prohibit political subdivisions of this State from requiring real estate licensees to obtain an additional business license or pay taxes in order to list property for sellers or represent buyers for the purchase of real estate.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 235	Delaware HB 235 (150)	bill		enacted	David B. McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker William Bush	2	9	2	2019-06-18	2019-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3c5614b1-5246-4596-a964-70632f393f6f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47739	58d035ab1bd30f675281ad01d25a85e2347359c543db781db20a3fc8558f898c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 235 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REAL ESTATE SERVICES, BROKERS, ASSOCIATE BROKERS, AND SALESPERSONS.

This Act will prohibit political subdivisions of this State from requiring real estate licensees to obtain an additional business license or pay taxes in order to list property for sellers or represent buyers for the purchase of real estate.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 3 to HB 235 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 29–9 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David B. McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-18 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 235 - Stricken in House
• 2019-06-30 Amendment HA 2 to HB 235 - Stricken in House
• 2019-06-30 Amendment HA 3 to HB 235 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 9 NO 2 NOT VOTING passage
• 2019-07-01 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2019-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2019-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c5614b1-5246-4596-a964-70632f393f6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).