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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO COLLECTION OF ANNUAL TAXES AND ENUMERATION OF POWERS."
+description: "This Act amends the Town of Laurel Charter to allow for an increase in the permitted late fee charged for unpaid taxes from three percent (3%) to five percent (5%) per annum for each month such taxes remain unpaid."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 418"
+citation: "Delaware HB 418 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-05-23"
+last_action: "2024-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29a3e94-0156-4d3b-817f-5f9dd3802f91"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141466"
+source_hash: "19f19e709e45245fb5e419c3f63ff0976d420070e14fd51354db0ccdfb6671a5"
+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 418 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO COLLECTION OF ANNUAL TAXES AND ENUMERATION OF POWERS.
+
+This Act amends the Town of Laurel Charter to allow for an increase in the permitted late fee charged for unpaid taxes from three percent (3%) to five percent (5%) per annum for each month such taxes remain unpaid.
+
+## 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=141466&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB418)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-23** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-08-29** 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/e29a3e94-0156-4d3b-817f-5f9dd3802f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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