republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-117.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.	This Act amends the definition of “municipality” in the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act to allow the City of Dover to take advantage of the economic development opportunities afforded by the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act, and enables such municipality to pledge the tax levied on the tax increment to the payment of bonds issued by other issuers in the State for the purposes of the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 117	Delaware HB 117 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Bruce C. Ennis William J. Carson	1	9	2	2017-03-29	2017-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/7a152a0c-2a64-42bc-a64c-b7c846f5155e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25560	262f70c28fdf103a6dbe6bb7ab24a1ff247563ac5a5af32f44bdfb18b6af87c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 117 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

This Act amends the definition of “municipality” in the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act to allow the City of Dover to take advantage of the economic development opportunities afforded by the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act, and enables such municipality to pledge the tax levied on the tax increment to the payment of bonds issued by other issuers in the State for the purposes of the Municipal Tax Increment 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 — 18–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (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
• 2017-04-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 117 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-04-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 117 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-04-27 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-27 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
• 2017-05-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a152a0c-2a64-42bc-a64c-b7c846f5155e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).