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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX RATES."
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description: "This Act amends the Charter of the City of New Castle by authorizing the City Council to levy taxes on real property at varying rates based upon property classification (e.g. residential, commercial, or industrial)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 144"
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citation: "Delaware HB 144 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Franklin D. Cooke", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-12"
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last_action: "2025-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b5a1d51-10d9-4820-a2e8-e87e70e6e0e5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142522"
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source_hash: "61a7b68ff5cb50d5cd5e264b23daebf91ab8006e19925851bfc42a44d38942dc"
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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 144 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX RATES.
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This Act amends the Charter of the City of New Castle by authorizing the City Council to levy taxes on real property at varying rates based upon property classification (e.g. residential, commercial, or industrial).
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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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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-12** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 144 `introduction`
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- **2025-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-07-30** 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/7b5a1d51-10d9-4820-a2e8-e87e70e6e0e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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