Fabio
75 lines
3.9 KiB
Markdown
75 lines
3.9 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 5, TITLE 6, TITLE 8, TITLE 12, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FEES AND TAXES ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
|
||
description: "This Act alters various fees assessed by the Delaware Secretary of State. The Act provides that most changes to the fees will take effect on August 1, 2026, however changes to the partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability company annual tax and changes to the annual tax on registered series of limited partnerships and limited liability companies will take effect on January 1, 2026."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
|
||
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
|
||
session: "153"
|
||
identifier: "HB 400"
|
||
citation: "Delaware HB 400 (153)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Trey Paradee"]
|
||
version_count: 1
|
||
action_count: 11
|
||
vote_count: 2
|
||
first_action: "2026-04-09"
|
||
last_action: "2026-05-21"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3362beb-7eb9-4e6d-bfb2-b2ec206436cb"
|
||
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143069"
|
||
source_hash: "5d78e4f1bb37229fa1155d1c38531530750546a451c0de7b7e8ed3dc922e6ed0"
|
||
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 400 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 5, TITLE 6, TITLE 8, TITLE 12, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FEES AND TAXES ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
|
||
|
||
This Act alters various fees assessed by the Delaware Secretary of State. The Act provides that most changes to the fees will take effect on August 1, 2026, however changes to the partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability company annual tax and changes to the annual tax on registered series of limited partnerships and limited liability companies will take effect on January 1, 2026.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **HA 2 to HB 400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=143169&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- 3/5 — **15–6** (pass) · upper
|
||
- 3/5 — **25–11** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
|
||
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
|
||
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
|
||
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
|
||
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
|
||
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
|
||
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2026-04-09** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-04-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-04-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 400 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
|
||
- **2026-04-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 400 - Stricken in House
|
||
- **2026-04-23** Amendment HA 2 to HB 400 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
|
||
- **2026-04-23** Amendment HA 2 to HB 400 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
|
||
- **2026-04-23** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 11 NO 5 ABSENT `passage`
|
||
- **2026-04-23** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-05-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
|
||
- **2026-05-21** 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/f3362beb-7eb9-4e6d-bfb2-b2ec206436cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
|
||
|