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HA1TOHB34 • 2025

This amendment removes the provision relating to annually adjusting the tax by the Consumer Price Index.

This amendment removes the provision relating to annually adjusting the tax by the Consumer Price Index.

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Collins
Last action
2025-04-15
Official status
Passed 4/15/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendment to Remove Tax Adjustment

The bill removes a part of a law that said taxes would be adjusted each year based on the Consumer Price Index.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the rule that says taxes will be adjusted every year using the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who pay taxes under this law will not have their taxes adjusted based on the Consumer Price Index anymore.

Terms To Know

Consumer Price Index (CPI-U)
A measure of how much prices for goods and services are increasing in cities over time.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

Official Summary Text

This amendment removes the provision relating to annually adjusting the tax by the Consumer Price Index.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Collins

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 34

AMEND House Bill No. 34 by deleting on lines 33 through 37 the following sentences:

“

The annual tax set forth in this paragraph will be adjusted annually using the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, not seasonally adjusted) (“CPI-U”), beginning on January 1, 2026. CPI-U increases may occur not more than once in any twelve (12) month period. Any annual increase shall not exceed the percentage increase in the CPI-U, or any successor index published by the U.S. Department of Labor, for the previous twelve (12) months.

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SYNOPSIS

This amendment removes the provision relating to annually adjusting the tax by the Consumer Price Index.