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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REAL ESTATE SERVICES, BROKERS, ASSOCIATE BROKERS, AND SALESPERSONS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 235"
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citation: "Delaware HB 235 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-18"
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last_action: "2019-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c5614b1-5246-4596-a964-70632f393f6f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47739"
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source_hash: "58d035ab1bd30f675281ad01d25a85e2347359c543db781db20a3fc8558f898c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 235 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REAL ESTATE SERVICES, BROKERS, ASSOCIATE BROKERS, AND SALESPERSONS.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47739&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB235)
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2. **HA 3 to HB 235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47888&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **29–9** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2019-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 235 - Stricken in House
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- **2019-06-30** Amendment HA 2 to HB 235 - Stricken in House
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- **2019-06-30** Amendment HA 3 to HB 235 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 9 NO 2 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2019-07-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c5614b1-5246-4596-a964-70632f393f6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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