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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 99"
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citation: "Delaware SB 99 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-06"
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last_action: "2017-08-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dcdbc73-5edb-482b-aa02-880d96da35dd"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25855"
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source_hash: "738a0f91dedce80e08d8fff0fb2dadba242b8e7f967ac13d969dd31e13e713b1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# 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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25855&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB99)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-16** Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-08-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dcdbc73-5edb-482b-aa02-880d96da35dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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