republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-449.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN RELATING TO MUNICIPAL POWER.	This bill permits the Town of Middletown to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent of rents on hotel and motel rooms located in the town.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 449	Delaware HB 449 (149)	bill		enacted	Kevin S Hensley Quinton Johnson Stephanie L. Hansen	1	7	2	2018-06-12	2018-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/640d90b7-7d9c-46a4-b9d2-0858a0b935eb	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26798	5ccfdb068b69cbf2476186cb4f8fe3c5c194b9df8a353ffa663c5e398046215a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 449 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN RELATING TO MUNICIPAL POWER.

This bill permits the Town of Middletown to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent of rents on hotel and motel rooms located in the town.

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 — 36–4 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
• Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-12 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-21 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-30 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-09-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/640d90b7-7d9c-46a4-b9d2-0858a0b935eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).