---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 PART IV OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE."
description: "This Act enables Sussex County to establish ordinances, rules, and regulations regarding property maintenance and penalties for violations of said ordinances, rules, and regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Delaware HB 118 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Ruth Briggs King"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-12"
last_action: "2020-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afeca288-8ce5-44e7-a3da-7370cb8349e1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47346"
source_hash: "7ad954c0cea789d49adcf4d5986e162ba70d379cdac04871a6bda97f291557f5"
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 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 PART IV OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

This Act enables Sussex County to establish ordinances, rules, and regulations regarding property maintenance and penalties for violations of said ordinances, rules, and regulations.

## 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=47346&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB118)
2. **HA 1 to HB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47493&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47685&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **HA 3 to HB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47848&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-12** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 118 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-13** Amendment HA 2 to HB 118 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-26** Amendment HA 3 to HB 118 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 118 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Amendment HA 2 to HB 118 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Amendment HA 3 to HB 118 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-12-19** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-10** 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/afeca288-8ce5-44e7-a3da-7370cb8349e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).