republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-240.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL AND COUNTY TAXES.	This Act requires a county to issue a refund to a taxpayer for property tax determined to have been overpaid for that year after an assessment appeal if the amount is $50 or greater. A county may elect to refund or credit the amount against future taxes due when the overpayment is less than $50. Amounts in school taxes determined to have been overpaid by a taxpayer after an assessment appeal will be refunded by the county following the same rule.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 240	Delaware HB 240 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William Bush William J. Carson	0	6	2	2025-08-07	2025-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0f0ab396-5993-4d71-9c53-1bfb8f58a6f0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142679	11bbf3376d8281d894849dabecdcc9bdfc7c4bfc6db9818deddfb23fa573ba24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 240 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL AND COUNTY TAXES.

This Act requires a county to issue a refund to a taxpayer for property tax determined to have been overpaid for that year after an assessment appeal if the amount is $50 or greater. A county may elect to refund or credit the amount against future taxes due when the overpayment is less than $50. Amounts in school taxes determined to have been overpaid by a taxpayer after an assessment appeal will be refunded by the county following the same rule.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 35–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-08-07 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-08-12 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2025-08-12 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 4 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-08-12 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2025-08-12 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2025-08-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f0ab396-5993-4d71-9c53-1bfb8f58a6f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).