---
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).