---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO COLLECTION OF ANNUAL TAXES AND ENUMERATION OF POWERS."
description: "This Act amends the Town of Laurel Charter to allow for an increase in the permitted late fee charged for unpaid taxes from three percent (3%) to five percent (5%) per annum for each month such taxes remain unpaid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 418"
citation: "Delaware HB 418 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-23"
last_action: "2024-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29a3e94-0156-4d3b-817f-5f9dd3802f91"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141466"
source_hash: "19f19e709e45245fb5e419c3f63ff0976d420070e14fd51354db0ccdfb6671a5"
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 418 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO COLLECTION OF ANNUAL TAXES AND ENUMERATION OF POWERS.

This Act amends the Town of Laurel Charter to allow for an increase in the permitted late fee charged for unpaid taxes from three percent (3%) to five percent (5%) per annum for each month such taxes remain unpaid.

## 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=141466&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB418)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-08-29** 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/e29a3e94-0156-4d3b-817f-5f9dd3802f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).