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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX."
description: "This Act increases the non-refundable income tax credit from $400 to $500 for active members of Delaware volunteer fire, ambulance, or rescue service company or its auxiliary. This Act also makes technical changes to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Delaware HB 229 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-17"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98705d16-3959-462e-bf56-443448592f04"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47727"
source_hash: "ac19dd4584b1c5433dd800dd255afbce0cdb4a92bbd1749040ef5169267ad150"
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 229 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.
This Act increases the non-refundable income tax credit from $400 to $500 for active members of Delaware volunteer fire, ambulance, or rescue service company or its auxiliary. This Act also makes technical changes to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47727&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB229)
2. **HA 1 to HB 229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47891&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-17** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 229 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-12-19** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-09-28** 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/98705d16-3959-462e-bf56-443448592f04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).