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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL AND COUNTY TAXES."
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description: "This Act requires a county to issue a refund to a taxpayer for property tax determined to have been overpaid for that year after an assessment appeal if the amount is $50 or greater. A county may elect to refund or credit the amount against future taxes due when the overpayment is less than $50. Amounts in school taxes determined to have been overpaid by a taxpayer after an assessment appeal will be refunded by the county following the same rule."
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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 240"
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citation: "Delaware HB 240 (153)"
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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", "Bryant L. Richardson", "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", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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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: "2025-08-07"
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last_action: "2025-08-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0ab396-5993-4d71-9c53-1bfb8f58a6f0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142679"
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source_hash: "11bbf3376d8281d894849dabecdcc9bdfc7c4bfc6db9818deddfb23fa573ba24"
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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 240 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL AND COUNTY TAXES.
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This Act requires a county to issue a refund to a taxpayer for property tax determined to have been overpaid for that year after an assessment appeal if the amount is $50 or greater. A county may elect to refund or credit the amount against future taxes due when the overpayment is less than $50. Amounts in school taxes determined to have been overpaid by a taxpayer after an assessment appeal will be refunded by the county following the same rule.
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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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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **35–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-08-07** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2025-08-12** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 4 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2025-08-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-08-12** 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/0f0ab396-5993-4d71-9c53-1bfb8f58a6f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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