---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 23 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BOAT LICENSING AGENTS."
description: "This Act raises the permissible service charge for a boat registration from $5 to $10 and the permissible service charge for a boat ramp certificate from $1.50 to $5.00."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 32"
citation: "Delaware HB 32 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sean Matthews", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-15"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d798480-e2f0-4349-8952-13abf972bae7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129899"
source_hash: "3ebcd85631782d3ea647459319d8691fd89f972054414c3475664286e59e15d5"
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 32 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 23 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BOAT LICENSING AGENTS.

This Act raises the permissible service charge for a boat registration from $5 to $10 and the permissible service charge for a boat ramp certificate from $1.50 to $5.00.

## 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=129899&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB32)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-15** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 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/2d798480-e2f0-4349-8952-13abf972bae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).