---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A LODGING TAX."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover to give the City Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Delaware HB 255 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-27"
last_action: "2019-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9c9fe63-14fb-452d-aa08-07b972beadda"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47866"
source_hash: "e65111fa958832a044292e5430aada9fd641b27aa89bcc558b0870345b7c8f4a"
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 255 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A LODGING TAX.

This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover to give the City Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.

## 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=47866&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB255)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **40–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-27** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2019-06-30** Laid On Table in House
- **2019-06-30** Lifted From Table in House
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2019-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-17** 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/e9c9fe63-14fb-452d-aa08-07b972beadda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).