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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTIES."
+description: "The Act allows the Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax not greater than 3% in Kent County."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "SB 178"
+citation: "Delaware SB 178 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-26"
+last_action: "2019-07-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61d57d78-d714-472d-b898-0d973ddd3410"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47855"
+source_hash: "dd0c5254e6542f596b9180633f09288f39b789c1dad865c01af089f348b3945c"
+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 SB 178 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTIES.
+
+The Act allows the Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax not greater than 3% in Kent County.
+
+## 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=47855&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **37–2** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
+- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
+- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-26** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 178 `introduction`
+- **2019-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2019-06-27** Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO `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/61d57d78-d714-472d-b898-0d973ddd3410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+