---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF GEORGETOWN RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of Georgetown to give the Town Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax, as permitted by § 908 of Title 22."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Delaware SB 64 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-09"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ab3e57-2c3f-4e0c-8c4d-0b03a6ec5dc2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47312"
source_hash: "729cb8bab00aced5af367b211bac9b1282337f4a412ec3b046fa355158fd0b3d"
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 64 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF GEORGETOWN RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX.

This Act amends the Charter of Georgetown to give the Town Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax, as permitted by § 908 of Title 22.

## 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=47312&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB64)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/d4ab3e57-2c3f-4e0c-8c4d-0b03a6ec5dc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).