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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES ON PERSONAL INCOME. Section 1 of this Act modifies Delawares Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to allow recipients to choose the most beneficial credit to be applied against their Delaware Personal Income Taxes. Under this Act, recipients can choose between a non-refundable credit of up to 20% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC or a refundable EITC credit of up to 4.5% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 16 Delaware HB 16 (151)
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David P. Sokola
Lyndon D. Yearick
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Delaware HB 16 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES ON PERSONAL INCOME.

Section 1 of this Act modifies Delawares Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to allow recipients to choose the most beneficial credit to be applied against their Delaware Personal Income Taxes. Under this Act, recipients can choose between a non-refundable credit of up to 20% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC or a refundable EITC credit of up to 4.5% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 3/5 — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
  • Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
  • Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
  • Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-12-04 Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-26 Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 11 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-11 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-19 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-03-19 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-03-19 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-03-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-03-25 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-17 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2021-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f8e6a0e-7e04-4cd5-b07d-789719580a2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).