Delaware Senate Bill 218

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-15 - Stricken in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that states that the power to tax should be limited and reserved solely for the purpose of financing necessary and essential governmental programs and operations and for no other purpose. The unlimited power to tax constitutes the inherent power to coerce and destroy. Such use of the government's power to tax is an abuse of power never intended or authorized by the people of the State of Delaware. This constitutional amendment is intended to protect the people of the State of Delaware from abusive, coercive, and destructive taxing schemes.

An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article Viii Of The Constitution Of The State Of Delaware Relating To The Power Of The State To Impose Taxes Upon The People Of The State Of Delaware.

Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Shannon Morris [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-15		Stricken in Senate
2024-02-29		Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140914
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140914&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB218