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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MILFORD RELATING TO A LODGING TAX."
description: "This bill permits the City Council of the City of Milford to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than three percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the City of Milford, so long as it is approved by a majority of the City Council pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Milford."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "Delaware SB 264 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles S Postles Jr.", "F. Gary Simpson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-21"
last_action: "2018-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af94a3d-35f6-4d03-b4c6-797516acfdfa"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26919"
source_hash: "7c88cc34254fa40ace6f180cce626245390317e3ca316fa102579daa2801edd7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 264 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MILFORD RELATING TO A LODGING TAX.
This bill permits the City Council of the City of Milford to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than three percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the City of Milford, so long as it is approved by a majority of the City Council pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Milford.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26919&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB264)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **344** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-06-21** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Rules Suspended in Senate
- **2018-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-28** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 4 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-09-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af94a3d-35f6-4d03-b4c6-797516acfdfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).