HB 159 Delaware House · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES.

Summary
The statute in Section 1 is revised to establish that a judgment of record obtained as a result of the Director of Revenue filing the certificate under section 554 of Title 30 of the Delaware Code constitutes a judgment of record of which notice is presumed against the estate of the decedent regardless of the county in this State in which letters are granted. Section 2 modifies the deadline for having a June meeting of DEFAC to account for the for the new Juneteenth holiday. Section 3 enables the Department of Finance and the Division of Revenue to fully administer and enforce taxes where jurisdiction is assigned by the Delaware Code without reference to any specific Title. This avoids the need to revise applicable provisions of Title 30 (by enumerating each applicable title) when changes to the law make the Department responsible for the administration and enforcement of tax and tax-related laws established outside of Title 30. Section 1 of this Act applies to decedents on or at the effective date of this legislation.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 16, 2023 Last action Jun 13, 2023
Floor votes · House Jun 13, 2023

How they voted

2115
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Jun 13, 2023
D Democratic25
21 Yea 3 Nay 1
84% Yea
R Republican15
12 Nay 3
80% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jun 13, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 15 NO 5 ABSENT
lower
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
lower
May 16, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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