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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS’ SCHOOL TAX CREDIT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 214"
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citation: "Delaware HB 214 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Daniel B. Short", "Dave G. Lawson", "Michael F. Smith", "Michael Ramone", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cf3ec5a-459e-4908-9cf9-e616dc414028"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78795"
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source_hash: "dc7b17dbfb3adc39c7c8125644af4f423918fafa233349a5f934c10e9ff378c4"
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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 214 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS’ SCHOOL TAX CREDIT.
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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.
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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=78795&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB214)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78937&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Jesse R. Vanderwende — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-08** Re-Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 8 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 214 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 214 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-08-10** 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/3cf3ec5a-459e-4908-9cf9-e616dc414028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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