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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 115"
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citation: "Delaware HB 115 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-29"
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last_action: "2017-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78c4a9f0-6fab-4994-baa1-c63ff36a020c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25558"
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source_hash: "6d9ac91dcb2ea1700701b11e590bf8c99529dacc6bb9bedcb2285d5ad4ce4be4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 115 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25558&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB115)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-29** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 115 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 115 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-04-25** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-04** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2017-05-04** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2017-05-04** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2017-05-16** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2017-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78c4a9f0-6fab-4994-baa1-c63ff36a020c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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