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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS SCHOOL TAX CREDIT."
description: "This Act expands the Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit to include a deceased disabled veteran's surviving spouse. HB 214 with HA 1, passed by the 151st General Assembly, created the Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief and Education Expense Fund. School boards are currently authorized to create a credit against school taxes for up to the full amount of school tax liability for property owned by a disabled veteran who meets certain requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Delaware SB 241 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-08"
last_action: "2022-11-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dee1571-8693-43fa-939f-ce6c78c199a3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79194"
source_hash: "7bc726158be46723b1e2245bbaec9aef5d855b2c923de73d851996460004716d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 241 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS SCHOOL TAX CREDIT.
This Act expands the Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit to include a deceased disabled veteran's surviving spouse. HB 214 with HA 1, passed by the 151st General Assembly, created the Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief and Education Expense Fund. School boards are currently authorized to create a credit against school taxes for up to the full amount of school tax liability for property owned by a disabled veteran who meets certain requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79194&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB241)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-08** Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-23** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-11-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dee1571-8693-43fa-939f-ce6c78c199a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).