---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millsboro to give the Town Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Delaware SB 214 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Richard G. Collins"]
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/64b2f127-5282-4b14-9ac2-97db4dc7e8e6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140905"
source_hash: "7415fdf4b0e6641f2ac6608181d3c6b33b5ddb70ccc5544e983d220045de17aa"
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 214 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX.

This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millsboro to give the Town Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.

## 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=140905&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB214)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — 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`
- **2024-05-22** 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/64b2f127-5282-4b14-9ac2-97db4dc7e8e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).