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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES."
description: "This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds for recreational amenities and land preservation programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Delaware HB 426 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-12"
last_action: "2022-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01458bd6-619a-4bda-9122-4d09d38c70b2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109506"
source_hash: "21f57078a59dc65b57bb659639948f4fc1bac558cd9b1dd52d55970b13b05174"
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 426 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES.
This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds for recreational amenities and land preservation programs.
## 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=109506&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB426)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **380** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-05-12** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-05-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-05-19** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-07-22** 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/01458bd6-619a-4bda-9122-4d09d38c70b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).