republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-403.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSESSMENT FUNCTIONS IN ALL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.	This Act transfers the sections pertaining to assessment functions and the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Land Use to the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Administration and updates reference to the Department of Land Use to the Office of Finance in Chapter 83 of Title 9. It changes the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from 8 members appointed by New Castle County Council and 1 member appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of County Council, to 8 regular members and 3 alternate members appointed by New Castle County Council and 1 regular member appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of County Council.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 403	Delaware HB 403 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Daniel B. Short David L. Wilson Laura V. Sturgeon Peter C. Schwartzkopf Richard G. Collins Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Valerie Jones Giltner	2	13	2	2024-05-16	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/40a776fb-72d3-4fa3-8805-cdcbd6a5314f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141409	d91dd9ea670af5942318f79af7a033c920ba513c9febd20482082ac9035fe9f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 403 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSESSMENT FUNCTIONS IN ALL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.

This Act transfers the sections pertaining to assessment functions and the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Land Use to the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Administration and updates reference to the Department of Land Use to the Office of Finance in Chapter 83 of Title 9. It changes the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from 8 members appointed by New Castle County Council and 1 member appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of County Council, to 8 regular members and 3 alternate members appointed by New Castle County Council and 1 regular member appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of County Council.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 3 to HB 403 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 17–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-16 Introduced and Assigned to Housing Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 403 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-21 Amendment HA 2 to HB 403 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-23 Amendment HA 3 to HB 403 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-23 Amendment HA 1 to HB 403 - Stricken in House
• 2024-05-23 Amendment HA 2 to HB 403 - Stricken in House
• 2024-05-23 Amendment HA 3 to HB 403 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-05-23 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-23 Assigned to Housing & Land Use Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40a776fb-72d3-4fa3-8805-cdcbd6a5314f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).