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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A LODGING TAX."
+description: "This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover to give the City Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "HB 255"
+citation: "Delaware HB 255 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9c9fe63-14fb-452d-aa08-07b972beadda"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47866"
+source_hash: "e65111fa958832a044292e5430aada9fd641b27aa89bcc558b0870345b7c8f4a"
+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 255 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A LODGING TAX.
+
+This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover to give the City Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.
+
+## 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=47866&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB255)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **40–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-27** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2019-06-30** Laid On Table in House
+- **2019-06-30** Lifted From Table in House
+- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
+- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2019-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2019-07-17** 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/e9c9fe63-14fb-452d-aa08-07b972beadda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+