republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-119.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.	This legislation will allow Kent County to utilize Special Development District tax financing, an economic development tool which New Castle County already possesses.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 119	Delaware HB 119 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Bruce C. Ennis William J. Carson	1	9	2	2017-03-29	2017-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9271018f-69fa-46ae-87d8-8061f8355c07	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25562	2642801fa5947ea913d21c44dd9e8510b3154689a2d099d0b2e409a5a5c213d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 119 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

This legislation will allow Kent County to utilize Special Development District tax financing, an economic development tool which New Castle County already possesses.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 18–2 (pass) · upper

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 119 - 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 119 - 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 2 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9271018f-69fa-46ae-87d8-8061f8355c07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).