republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-25.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO DECLARE THE 2022 DELAWARE RELIEF REBATES AS QUALIFIED DISASTER PAYMENTS.	This legislation establishes that a relief rebate issued under the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program during the period that the federal major disaster declaration exists for the State of Delaware is intended to be a qualified disaster relief payment under § 139 of the Internal Revenue Code. It further provides that the State makes no representations or warranties to recipients regarding the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program and that civil actions of any nature and claims for any form of economic entitlement including but not limited to damages are prohibited with respect to this legislation. This legislation is effective as of the date on which the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program was enacted.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 25	Delaware HB 25 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short David P. Sokola John "Jack" Walsh Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Michael F. Smith Michael Ramone Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Richard G. Collins Russell Huxtable Ruth Briggs King S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2022-12-15	2023-01-19	openstates	ocd-bill/ff0ddf74-8bdb-4a0f-8b54-77f6bc381b52	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129898	80c1336c02fea37093cc9d604b90d1fdfce574e61f3e8ebb6bbe10dd7a37cebe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 25 (152) — AN ACT TO DECLARE THE 2022 DELAWARE RELIEF REBATES AS QUALIFIED DISASTER PAYMENTS.

This legislation establishes that a relief rebate issued under the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program during the period that the federal major disaster declaration exists for the State of Delaware is intended to be a qualified disaster relief payment under § 139 of the Internal Revenue Code. It further provides that the State makes no representations or warranties to recipients regarding the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program and that civil actions of any nature and claims for any form of economic entitlement including but not limited to damages are prohibited with respect to this legislation. This legislation is effective as of the date on which the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program was enacted.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-15 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-01-11 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-01-12 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2023-01-12 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-01-18 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-01-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-01-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff0ddf74-8bdb-4a0f-8b54-77f6bc381b52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).