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

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REALTY TRANSFER TAX.	This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 25	Delaware SB 25 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Franklin D. Cooke Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William Bush	2	9	2	2024-03-21	2024-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2231f270-8e4e-43ec-b671-41cc7d4ae068	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141118	a9d4cbcf0b49fa17b156978768eff10588793950279b3e63cffe29483baaa0c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 25 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REALTY TRANSFER TAX.

This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 25 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-21 Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Land Use Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-16 Amendment SA 1 to SB 25 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-18 Amendment SA 1 to SB 25 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2024-04-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-04-23 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-08-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2231f270-8e4e-43ec-b671-41cc7d4ae068. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).