---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 22, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORRIDORS AND DISTRICTS."
description: "This Act builds on the success of the Downtown Development Districts Act, Chapter 19 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code, by permitting a municipality with a population of 30,000 or more in the 2020 federal census, which includes Wilmington, Dover, and Newark, to designate an area in the municipality as a \"Downtown Development Corridor\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 33"
citation: "Delaware SB 33 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Edward S. Osienski"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e9ef24d-3a72-4ef5-a818-daf848038f22"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141746"
source_hash: "e7207f9548025fefafdde3f72ddd2d9ca2c20ecfbd33b7f1d423ef8f3360806d"
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 33 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 22, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORRIDORS AND DISTRICTS.

This Act builds on the success of the Downtown Development Districts Act, Chapter 19 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code, by permitting a municipality with a population of 30,000 or more in the 2020 federal census, which includes Wilmington, Dover, and Newark, to designate an area in the municipality as a "Downtown Development Corridor".

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-03** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-09-02** 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/6e9ef24d-3a72-4ef5-a818-daf848038f22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).