---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF MILLVILLE RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of Millville to give the Town Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Delaware SB 162 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-18"
last_action: "2019-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99ca367-2237-4e25-880f-83d3da142141"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47733"
source_hash: "b4d333d575ecc4d87b99a3194c53f127192f6b304e6b3062898ca3d837038ed4"
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 SB 162 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF MILLVILLE RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX.

This Act amends the Charter of Millville to give the Town 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=47733&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB162)
2. **SA 1 to SB 162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47782&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **40–1** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-18** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 162 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-25** Amendment SA 1 to SB 162 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-26** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2019-07-23** 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/d99ca367-2237-4e25-880f-83d3da142141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).