Delaware House Bill 255
Session 153
An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Corporate And Personal Income Tax.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Nov 19, 2025
First Action
Nov 5, 2025
Latest Action
Nov 19, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
255
State
Delaware
Session
153
Sarah McBride
grade
Primary
checkPassed on November 13, 2025
Motion Text
3/5
House Roll Call Votes
Alonna Berry
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Yes
Summary
This Act decouples select provisions of Delaware’s tax code from provisions of Public Law 119-21, also known as the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). Absent legislative action, most provisions of federal tax law are automatically incorporated into Delaware’s tax law. This Act does not eliminate depreciation of property or expensing, but instead modifies the timing of deductions that were impacted by the OBBBA.
For corporations taxed as separate entities, commonly called “C corporations,” this Act does the following:
(1) Continues expensing provisions for domestic research and experimental expenditures made after December 31, 2021, but on or before December 31, 2025, under the provisions in place before the OBBBA.
(2) Decouples from the OBBBA provision for full expensing of certain business property acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025.
(3) Decouples from the special depreciation allowance for qualified production property.
For individuals with business income such as an S corporation or a partnership, the following changes are made to Delaware’s personal income tax code, beginning January 1, 2026:
(1) Decoupling from the OBBBA allowance for full expensing for certain business property acquired and placed in service after December 31, 2025.
(2) Decoupling from the special depreciation allowance for qualified production property acquired and placed in service after December 31, 2025.
Bill Text
HA 2 to HB 255
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11/19/2025
Office of the Governor
Signed by Governor
11/19/2025
Senate
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT
11/19/2025
Senate
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
11/13/2025
Senate
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
11/13/2025
House
Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 13 NO 2 ABSENT
11/13/2025
House
Amendment HA 3 to HB 255 - Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 3 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
11/13/2025
House
Amendment HA 3 to HB 255 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
11/13/2025
House
Amendment HA 2 to HB 255 - Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
11/13/2025
House
Amendment HA 1 to HB 255 - Stricken in House
11/12/2025
House
Amendment HA 2 to HB 255 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
11/12/2025
House
Amendment HA 1 to HB 255 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
11/07/2025
House
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
11/05/2025
House
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
Sources
Open States
Record Created
Nov 5, 2025 8:22:44 PM
Record Updated
Nov 20, 2025 12:26:16 AM