republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-203.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAX LEVY.	This Act codifies Delaware’s longstanding common law recognition of the authority of Delaware counties and municipalities to separately tax different classes of real property if the classification is reasonable and, under § 1 of Article VIII of the Delaware Constitution, the tax rates are uniform for all real property in each classification. See Green v. Sussex County, 668 A.2d 770, 776 (Del. Super. Ct. 1995), aff’d 667 A.2d 1319 TABLE (Del. 1995); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Smith, 131 A.2d 168, 177-78 (Del. 1957); Phila. B & W R. Co. v. Mayor & Council of Wilm., 57 A.2d 759, 765-66 (Del. Ch. 1948); Conrad v. State, 16 A.2d 121, 125-26 (Del. 1940).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 203	Delaware SB 203 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend 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 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	8	2	2025-08-11	2025-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/072123b0-0ff7-4dab-addc-2fd53e87c020	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142692	ae36ba8fe20894077a540fdd31f5e38b917414e9b1ac1d081afd6f3bb237c4bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 203 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAX LEVY.

This Act codifies Delaware’s longstanding common law recognition of the authority of Delaware counties and municipalities to separately tax different classes of real property if the classification is reasonable and, under § 1 of Article VIII of the Delaware Constitution, the tax rates are uniform for all real property in each classification. See Green v. Sussex County, 668 A.2d 770, 776 (Del. Super. Ct. 1995), aff’d 667 A.2d 1319 TABLE (Del. 1995); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Smith, 131 A.2d 168, 177-78 (Del. 1957); Phila. B & W R. Co. v. Mayor & Council of Wilm., 57 A.2d 759, 765-66 (Del. Ch. 1948); Conrad v. State, 16 A.2d 121, 125-26 (Del. 1940).

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 18–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 30–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — 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)
• 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.

• 2025-08-11 Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate introduction
• 2025-08-12 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2025-08-12 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2025-08-12 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-08-12 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2025-08-12 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2025-08-12 Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 9 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-08-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/072123b0-0ff7-4dab-addc-2fd53e87c020. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).