republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-228.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARITABLE DONATIONS TO THE DELAWARE COMBINED CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE THROUGH THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN.	This Act adds the Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice to the 21 charitable organizations listed on the Delaware personal income tax return to which Delaware tax payers may contribute, either through paying a portion of a refund owed, or an amount in addition to taxes owed through a check off. The Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice was established in 1999 as a partnership of the Delaware State Bar Association, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Delaware Volunteer Legal Services and Legal Services Corporation of Delaware. The partners joined to increase the availability of civil legal services to disadvantaged people in Delaware by increasing the resources available to fund legal services.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 228	Delaware HB 228 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Sean M. Lynn Stephanie L. Hansen William Bush	1	8	2	2021-06-03	2021-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a59165be-f059-4ccd-8607-975cc4024cad	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78810	7e50e33c5bbdb3e9344e63f33aebcac6e4dd2d4e6097e9e0be274d27bee9ea47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 228 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARITABLE DONATIONS TO THE DELAWARE COMBINED CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE THROUGH THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN.

This Act adds the Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice to the 21 charitable organizations listed on the Delaware personal income tax return to which Delaware tax payers may contribute, either through paying a portion of a refund owed, or an amount in addition to taxes owed through a check off. The Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice was established in 1999 as a partnership of the Delaware State Bar Association, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Delaware Volunteer Legal Services and Legal Services Corporation of Delaware. The partners joined to increase the availability of civil legal services to disadvantaged people in Delaware by increasing the resources available to fund legal services.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 5 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-22 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-07-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a59165be-f059-4ccd-8607-975cc4024cad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).