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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS."
+description: "This legislation will allow Kent County to utilize Special Development District tax financing, an economic development tool which New Castle County already possesses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 119"
+citation: "Delaware HB 119 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-29"
+last_action: "2017-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9271018f-69fa-46ae-87d8-8061f8355c07"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25562"
+source_hash: "2642801fa5947ea913d21c44dd9e8510b3154689a2d099d0b2e409a5a5c213d8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 119 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
+
+This legislation will allow Kent County to utilize Special Development District tax financing, an economic development tool which New Castle County already possesses.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25562&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB119)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **18–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- William J. Carson — primary (person)
+- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
+- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-29** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 119 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-04-27** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9271018f-69fa-46ae-87d8-8061f8355c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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