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HB 175 Delaware House · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6, TITLE 8, AND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VARIOUS FEES AND TAXES CHARGED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Summary
This Act alters various fees assessed by the Delaware Secretary of State. The Act provides that most changes to the fees and taxes assessed will take effect on August 1, 2017; however increases to the maximum franchise tax and the late penalty for the filing of an annual franchise tax report shall take effect for the tax year beginning January 1, 2017, and the increase of the assumed par value multiplier for calculation of the corporate franchise tax and the authorized shares multiplier for corporations with greater than 10,000 authorized shares for calculation of the corporate franchise tax shall take effect for the tax year beginning on January 1, 2018.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Senate Passage
Jun 2017
Signed into Law
Jul 2017
Introduced May 11, 2017 Signed Jul 2, 2017
Floor votes · House May 18, 2017

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jul 2, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT
upper
May 22, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
May 18, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
lower
May 17, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits
lower
May 11, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House and Assigned to House Administration Committee
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Danny Short
Danny Short
RRepublican
DE
39
P
DB
David B. McBride
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
DH
Deborah Hudson
RRepublican
DE
12
P
FG
F. Gary Simpson
RRepublican
DE
18
P
GF
Gregory F. Lavelle
RRepublican
DE
4
P
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
P
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15