republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-435.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO THE POWERS OF COUNCIL.	This bill permits the Council of the City of Newark to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the City of Newark so long as it is approved by a majority of the council pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Newark.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 435	Delaware HB 435 (149)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Paul S. Baumbach	1	7	2	2018-05-30	2018-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/53a03825-86b7-4770-90c9-0e21a897a12f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26724	ef25737469ee34cb1c5e2652c417d75e15bffc32339600a3168565d82a48782c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 435 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO THE POWERS OF COUNCIL.

This bill permits the Council of the City of Newark to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the City of Newark so long as it is approved by a majority of the council pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Newark.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 36–5 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-30 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-07 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 NO passage
• 2018-06-09 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53a03825-86b7-4770-90c9-0e21a897a12f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).