republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-242.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES IN THE 2025-2026 TAX YEAR.	This Act allows any school district located in New Castle County to reset its tax rates for the 2025-2026 tax year and to reissue a tax warrant using different residential and non-residential tax rates. The non-residential tax rate must be at least equal to the residential tax rate and may not be more than 2 times the residential tax rate. The total amount of revenue projected to be collected through use of the residential and non-residential tax rates may not exceed the total amount of revenue the district was projected to collect under its original tax warrant. The districts have 10 business days from the enactment of this Act to reset the rates and issue a new tax warrant to New Castle County.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 242	Delaware HB 242 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown 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	1	17	2	2025-08-07	2025-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/8120339a-91fc-4b63-9b69-ae13c00aae8a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142680	3d84f520676f207f05b2bdb8a9de79f4018c987d4c2cf01be2dc3c746776c6dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 242 (153) — AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES IN THE 2025-2026 TAX YEAR.

This Act allows any school district located in New Castle County to reset its tax rates for the 2025-2026 tax year and to reissue a tax warrant using different residential and non-residential tax rates. The non-residential tax rate must be at least equal to the residential tax rate and may not be more than 2 times the residential tax rate. The total amount of revenue projected to be collected through use of the residential and non-residential tax rates may not exceed the total amount of revenue the district was projected to collect under its original tax warrant. The districts have 10 business days from the enactment of this Act to reset the rates and issue a new tax warrant to New Castle County.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 242 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 30–8 (pass) · lower
• SM — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — 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 Amendment HA 1 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 2 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 3 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 4 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 5 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-08-12 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 242 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 2 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 3 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 4 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 5 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
• 2025-08-12 Amendment HA 6 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
• 2025-08-12 Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 8 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-08-12 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2025-08-12 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 4 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT passage
• 2025-08-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8120339a-91fc-4b63-9b69-ae13c00aae8a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).