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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9 AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SHERIFF'S SALES."
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description: "With the implementation of land banks in the State of Delaware, an increasing number of vacant and abandoned properties will be brought to sheriff’s sales. Many of these parcels will be dilapidated and require investment to render the house habitable. Blight will only be ameliorated if the bidders upon such property acquire it intending to invest in the property, thereby improving the housing in the neighborhood and eliminating blight. If bidders at a tax lien sale have failed to pay taxes when due and have failed to maintain the condition of other real property they own in the same jurisdiction, it is not likely that they intend to invest in and improve the condition of additional property they acquire. Instead they are speculating on a turnaround in the neighborhood based upon the investment and efforts of others."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 187"
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citation: "Delaware HB 187 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "James Johnson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-18"
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last_action: "2017-09-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d998b200-d5c1-4d9a-84c2-cbbf6b6d34e5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25821"
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source_hash: "3e7ce9dda005c082d20c51164b42582115751877ccbc8a3c93b77dae690c90e6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 187 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9 AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SHERIFF'S SALES.
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With the implementation of land banks in the State of Delaware, an increasing number of vacant and abandoned properties will be brought to sheriff’s sales. Many of these parcels will be dilapidated and require investment to render the house habitable. Blight will only be ameliorated if the bidders upon such property acquire it intending to invest in the property, thereby improving the housing in the neighborhood and eliminating blight. If bidders at a tax lien sale have failed to pay taxes when due and have failed to maintain the condition of other real property they own in the same jurisdiction, it is not likely that they intend to invest in and improve the condition of additional property they acquire. Instead they are speculating on a turnaround in the neighborhood based upon the investment and efforts of others.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25821&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB187)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 187 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-21** Amendment HA 2 to HB 187 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 187 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Amendment HA 2 to HB 187 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-06-23** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-09-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d998b200-d5c1-4d9a-84c2-cbbf6b6d34e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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