republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-99.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELETION OF FRONT FOOTAGE CALCULATION AS THE ONLY METHOD OF DETERMINING SEWER ASSESSMENTS.	This legislation eliminates front footage calculations as the sole method of collecting sewer assessments for county sewer users. It provides a broad list of possible methods of determining the amount of the sewer assessment for each property, including, but not limited to front footage, usage, fixtures, Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDUs) or other factors. The methods are the same as those currently in Chapter 67 of the Delaware Code for sewer charges.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 99	Delaware SB 99 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Daniel B. Short	1	7	2	2017-06-06	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/7dcdbc73-5edb-482b-aa02-880d96da35dd	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25855	738a0f91dedce80e08d8fff0fb2dadba242b8e7f967ac13d969dd31e13e713b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 99 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELETION OF FRONT FOOTAGE CALCULATION AS THE ONLY METHOD OF DETERMINING SEWER ASSESSMENTS.

This legislation eliminates front footage calculations as the sole method of collecting sewer assessments for county sewer users. It provides a broad list of possible methods of determining the amount of the sewer assessment for each property, including, but not limited to front footage, usage, fixtures, Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDUs) or other factors. The methods are the same as those currently in Chapter 67 of the Delaware Code for sewer charges.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-16 Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dcdbc73-5edb-482b-aa02-880d96da35dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).