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HS1FORHB284 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSE TAX CREDIT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSE TAX CREDIT.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-05-21
Official status
HS 2 for HB 284 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSE TAX CREDIT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSE TAX CREDIT.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSE TAX CREDIT.
  • This Act doubles the childcare and dependent care expense tax credit for resident households with federal adjusted gross income of less than $60,000 ($120,000 for married filing jointly or married filing combined separate on the same return) and makes that credit refundable.
  • For all others the tax credit remains unchanged.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    HS 2 for HB 284 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

  2. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

    HS 2 for HB 284 - Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-04-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in House by HS 2 for HB 284

  4. 2026-03-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 284, and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSE TAX CREDIT.
This Act doubles the childcare and dependent care expense tax credit for resident households with federal adjusted gross income of less than $60,000 ($120,000 for married filing jointly or married filing combined separate on the same return) and makes that credit refundable. For all others the tax credit remains unchanged.