republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-115.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.	This Act amends the definition of "municipality" in 22 Del. C. 1801(4) to allow the City of Dover to take advantage of the economic development opportunities afforded by Municipal Special Development Districts, and enables such municipality to pledge the special tax levied on the property in the special development district to the payment of bonds issued by other issuers in the State for the purposes of the municipal special development district financing act.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 115	Delaware HB 115 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Bruce C. Ennis William J. Carson	1	13	2	2017-03-29	2017-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/78c4a9f0-6fab-4994-baa1-c63ff36a020c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25558	6d9ac91dcb2ea1700701b11e590bf8c99529dacc6bb9bedcb2285d5ad4ce4be4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 115 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

This Act amends the definition of "municipality" in 22 Del. C. 1801(4) to allow the City of Dover to take advantage of the economic development opportunities afforded by Municipal Special Development Districts, and enables such municipality to pledge the special tax levied on the property in the special development district to the payment of bonds issued by other issuers in the State for the purposes of the municipal special development district financing act.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-29 Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-04-25 Amendment HA 1 to HB 115 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-25 Amendment HA 1 to HB 115 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-04-25 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Laid On Table in Senate
• 2017-05-04 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2017-05-04 Laid On Table in Senate
• 2017-05-16 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2017-05-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78c4a9f0-6fab-4994-baa1-c63ff36a020c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).