---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING."
description: "This legislation will allow Kent County to utilize Tax Increment Financing (TIF), an economic development tool which New Castle County already possesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Delaware HB 118 (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/4f55dba2-c814-4257-95ec-13100635c5ce"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25561"
source_hash: "8c29dfe995f6970ab54a213830efaaef3a3dad243cd34f89ec5ad39bf00eddad"
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 118 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

This legislation will allow Kent County to utilize Tax Increment Financing (TIF), 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=25561&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB118)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–1** (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 118 - 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 118 - 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 1 NO 2 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/4f55dba2-c814-4257-95ec-13100635c5ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).