HB 296 Delaware House · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

Summary
This Act makes several changes to the Delaware Code relating to the Department of Finance (“Department”). Specifically: (1) Section 1 of this Act increases public transparency and clarifies that any officer or employee of the Department, or employee of this State who has access to tax returns or information from tax returns, may disclose information that appeared on the face of an expired license previously required to be displayed under § 2109 of Title 30. (2) Sections 2 and 3 of this Act define a trust fund tax, lists current trust fund tax types, and updates Title 30 to align all assessment and collection timelines for trust fund tax types. (3) Section 4 of this Act simplifies that the requirements that allow the Department’s Division of Revenue to take an extended lookback by removing repealed taxes and clarifying that exceptional underreporting measures are applied only against the tax liability and not other tax calculation elements. (4) Section 5 of this Act updates Title 30 regarding the notice of finality as it relates to trust fund taxes. (5) Section 6 of this Act modifies the filing due date for all 1099 forms to January 31 following the close of the taxpayer’s taxable year. (6) Section 7 of this Act clarifies the definition of “transfer.” (7) Sections 8, 9, and 10 of this Act make retroactive technical changes to the trade name registration process under Title 6.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 5, 2026 Signed Jun 24, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jun 16, 2026 · House Mar 19, 2026

How they voted

210
Passed
Total votes 21
Jun 16, 2026
D Democratic15
15 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican6
6 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 24, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Introduced
Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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