republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-426.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES.	This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds for recreational amenities and land preservation programs.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 426	Delaware HB 426 (151)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Daniel B. Short Peter C. Schwartzkopf Timothy D. Dukes	1	8	2	2022-05-12	2022-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/01458bd6-619a-4bda-9122-4d09d38c70b2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109506	21f57078a59dc65b57bb659639948f4fc1bac558cd9b1dd52d55970b13b05174	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 426 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES.

This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds for recreational amenities and land preservation programs.

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 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-12 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-05-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2022-05-19 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-19 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-07-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01458bd6-619a-4bda-9122-4d09d38c70b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).