AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REALTY TRANSFER TAX REDUCTION.
Summary
This Act temporarily eliminates the state's portion of the realty transfer tax for certain real estate closings for first time home buyers with a purchase price of $250,000 or less. The bill applies to a natural person home buyer whose gross income is less than $45,000 or in the case of natural person joint purchasers whose combined gross income is less than $75,000.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 6, 2021
Last action May 6, 2021
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May 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House
lower
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
EB
Ernesto B. Lopez
RRepublican
P
Lyndon Yearick
RRepublican
P
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
Co
Danny Short
RRepublican
Co
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Jesse Vanderwende
RRepublican
Co
Rich Collins
RRepublican
Co
RB
Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
Co
SS
Stephen Smyk
RRepublican
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