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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION."
description: "This Act requires the tax collecting authority of each county, in the first tax year following a general reassessment, to allow the payment of school taxes under a payment plan of at least 3 equal installments for a residential taxpayer, in a primary residence, whose tax bill increases by $300 or more over the prior year. No late fees, interest, or penalties may be assessed to a taxpayer who enters and complies with a payment plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 241"
citation: "Delaware HB 241 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "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", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-08-07"
last_action: "2025-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/746bf8a1-86cd-4ccf-b08b-5054517a1183"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142677"
source_hash: "0ea37fd971128c01bb136ed43e5c633724bd45654b52ae478e0fe632a1746873"
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 HB 241 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION.
This Act requires the tax collecting authority of each county, in the first tax year following a general reassessment, to allow the payment of school taxes under a payment plan of at least 3 equal installments for a residential taxpayer, in a primary residence, whose tax bill increases by $300 or more over the prior year. No late fees, interest, or penalties may be assessed to a taxpayer who enters and complies with a payment plan.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HA 10 to HB 241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142711&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
2. **HA 3 to HB 241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142700&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 7 to HB 241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142707&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **345** (pass) · lower
- SM — **170** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- 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)
- 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)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — 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** Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 2 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 3 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 4 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 5 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 2 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 3 to HB 241 - Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 4 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 5 to HB 241 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 24 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 6 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 7 to HB 241 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 8 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 9 to HB 241 - Stricken in House
- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 10 to HB 241 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2025-08-12** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-08-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-08-12** 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/746bf8a1-86cd-4ccf-b08b-5054517a1183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).