republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-214.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS’ SCHOOL TAX CREDIT.	This Act creates the Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief and Education Fund. Pursuant to this legislation, school districts are authorized to create a credit against school taxes for up to the full amount of school tax liability for property owned by a veteran with a 100% disability rating who is domiciled in this state. The full amount of such credit will be reimbursed by a transfer from the State’s General Fund to the County Receiver for distribution to such school districts. It has a delayed effective date to allow for implementation of the program.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 214	Delaware HB 214 (151)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Daniel B. Short Dave G. Lawson Michael F. Smith Michael Ramone Sherry Dorsey Walker William Bush William J. Carson	2	14	2	2021-06-03	2021-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3cf3ec5a-459e-4908-9cf9-e616dc414028	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78795	dc7b17dbfb3adc39c7c8125644af4f423918fafa233349a5f934c10e9ff378c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 214 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS’ SCHOOL TAX CREDIT.

This Act creates the Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief and Education Fund. Pursuant to this legislation, school districts are authorized to create a credit against school taxes for up to the full amount of school tax liability for property owned by a veteran with a 100% disability rating who is domiciled in this state. The full amount of such credit will be reimbursed by a transfer from the State’s General Fund to the County Receiver for distribution to such school districts. It has a delayed effective date to allow for implementation of the program.

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 214 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Jesse R. Vanderwende — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 Re-Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 8 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 214 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-17 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 Amendment HA 1 to HB 214 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-06-23 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-23 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-30 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/3cf3ec5a-459e-4908-9cf9-e616dc414028. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).