---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES OF LICENSING AGENTS."
description: "This bill modernizes the fees agents who sell Delaware State Park permits and Surf Fishing Vehicle permits may now impose. Licensing agents may now add a service charge of up to $2.50 for a state park permit, and a service charge of up to $5.00 for a surf fishing vehicle permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Delaware HB 197 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-19"
last_action: "2022-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70e3b1fa-cbc4-42f7-9474-5d871b9eadc8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78733"
source_hash: "24682fa7d18c5d3fce1021e255a9151518b30cf980b4f4793900d8c00ea00218"
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 197 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES OF LICENSING AGENTS.

This bill modernizes the fees agents who sell Delaware State Park permits and Surf Fishing Vehicle permits may now impose. Licensing agents may now add a service charge of up to $2.50 for a state park permit, and a service charge of up to $5.00 for a surf fishing vehicle permit.

## 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=78733&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB197)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-19** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-21** 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/70e3b1fa-cbc4-42f7-9474-5d871b9eadc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).