---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLVILLE RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millville to restore the authority of the Town Council to impose and collect a lodging tax. This authority to impose and collect a lodging tax was enacted under Senate Bill No. 162 (150th) in 2019 but was inadvertently repealed under House Bill No. 138 (151st) in 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Delaware SB 213 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b35a7fd-d297-4afe-9182-3f57e31770b1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140904"
source_hash: "4290037adf7ea231c8fcca2ac9f2335a53f6626b09b5fc80791c21bcfa128ec7"
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 213 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLVILLE RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX.

This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millville to restore the authority of the Town Council to impose and collect a lodging tax. This authority to impose and collect a lodging tax was enacted under Senate Bill No. 162 (150th) in 2019 but was inadvertently repealed under House Bill No. 138 (151st) in 2021.

## 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=140904&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB213)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-02** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-08-02** 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/9b35a7fd-d297-4afe-9182-3f57e31770b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).