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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES IN THE 2025-2026 TAX YEAR."
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description: "This Act allows any school district located in New Castle County to reset its tax rates for the 2025-2026 tax year and to reissue a tax warrant using different residential and non-residential tax rates. The non-residential tax rate must be at least equal to the residential tax rate and may not be more than 2 times the residential tax rate. The total amount of revenue projected to be collected through use of the residential and non-residential tax rates may not exceed the total amount of revenue the district was projected to collect under its original tax warrant. The districts have 10 business days from the enactment of this Act to reset the rates and issue a new tax warrant to New Castle County."
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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 242"
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citation: "Delaware HB 242 (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", "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: 1
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action_count: 17
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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/8120339a-91fc-4b63-9b69-ae13c00aae8a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142680"
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source_hash: "3d84f520676f207f05b2bdb8a9de79f4018c987d4c2cf01be2dc3c746776c6dd"
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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 242 (153) — AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES IN THE 2025-2026 TAX YEAR.
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This Act allows any school district located in New Castle County to reset its tax rates for the 2025-2026 tax year and to reissue a tax warrant using different residential and non-residential tax rates. The non-residential tax rate must be at least equal to the residential tax rate and may not be more than 2 times the residential tax rate. The total amount of revenue projected to be collected through use of the residential and non-residential tax rates may not exceed the total amount of revenue the district was projected to collect under its original tax warrant. The districts have 10 business days from the enactment of this Act to reset the rates and issue a new tax warrant to New Castle County.
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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. **HA 1 to HB 242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142695&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **30–8** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- 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** Amendment HA 1 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 2 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 3 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 4 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 5 to HB 242 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-08-12** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 242 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 2 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 3 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 4 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 5 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-08-12** Amendment HA 6 to HB 242 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-08-12** Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 8 NO 1 NOT VOTING 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: 14 YES 4 NOT VOTING 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/8120339a-91fc-4b63-9b69-ae13c00aae8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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