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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TENANT'S REMEDIES RELATING TO THE RENTAL UNIT."
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description: "This bill increases the amount that a tenant may deduct from rent in order to have necessary work done on the rental premises if the landlord fails to repair or maintain the premises after proper notice. The original amount of $200 was selected at the time that the Landlord Tenant Code was drafted in 1996. The amended amount of $400 reflects inflation of rent and cost of repairs."
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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 60"
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citation: "Delaware HB 60 (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", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephen Smyk", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-18"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c79a83c-da2c-4481-83d7-439e07a2e895"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48236"
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source_hash: "e9d13427bfa5bb8a672894a6e321a5bd052e0fb3f47c2007a3ffa505b2c565e0"
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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 60 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TENANT'S REMEDIES RELATING TO THE RENTAL UNIT.
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This bill increases the amount that a tenant may deduct from rent in order to have necessary work done on the rental premises if the landlord fails to repair or maintain the premises after proper notice. The original amount of $200 was selected at the time that the Landlord Tenant Code was drafted in 1996. The amended amount of $400 reflects inflation of rent and cost of repairs.
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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=48236&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB60)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **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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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-18** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-19** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-03-19** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-03-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-03-25** Assigned to Housing Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** 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/0c79a83c-da2c-4481-83d7-439e07a2e895`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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