---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO THE POWERS OF COUNCIL."
description: "This bill permits the Council of the City of Newark to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the City of Newark so long as it is approved by a majority of the council pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Newark."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 435"
citation: "Delaware HB 435 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-30"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53a03825-86b7-4770-90c9-0e21a897a12f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26724"
source_hash: "ef25737469ee34cb1c5e2652c417d75e15bffc32339600a3168565d82a48782c"
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 435 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO THE POWERS OF COUNCIL.

This bill permits the Council of the City of Newark to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the City of Newark so long as it is approved by a majority of the council pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Newark.

## 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=26724&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB435)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **36–5** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-30** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 NO `passage`
- **2018-06-09** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** 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/53a03825-86b7-4770-90c9-0e21a897a12f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).