HB 463 Delaware House · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES.

Summary

This Act requires modifications to exemptions from county taxation to reasonably reflect changes in property value and inflation. This Act also requires New Castle County to use the same eligibility criteria and calculation formula for exemption from school taxes that it used for county taxes in the fiscal year that began July 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 4, 2026 Last action Jun 18, 2026

Floor votes · House Jun 18, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 41

Jun 18, 2026

D Democratic27

27 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican14

12 Yea 2

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jun 18, 2026

Introduced

Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

upper

Jun 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT

lower

Jun 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits

lower

Jun 11, 2026

Introduced

Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

lower

Jun 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 14 On Its Merits

lower

Jun 5, 2026

Introduced

Re-Assigned to Education Committee in House

lower

Jun 4, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors