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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES. | This Act allows Sussex County, by duly enacted ordinance, to impose a local lodging tax of no more than 3 percent of rent on rooms in a hotel, motel or tourist home located in the unincorporated areas of the County. Such funds may only be used in Sussex County for the capital and operating costs of beach nourishment, waterway dredging, economic development, tourism programs, recreational activities, and water quality and flood control projects. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 150 | HB 228 | Delaware HB 228 (150) |
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Delaware HB 228 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES.
This Act allows Sussex County, by duly enacted ordinance, to impose a local lodging tax of no more than 3 percent of rent on rooms in a hotel, motel or tourist home located in the unincorporated areas of the County. Such funds may only be used in Sussex County for the capital and operating costs of beach nourishment, waterway dredging, economic development, tourism programs, recreational activities, and water quality and flood control projects.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 34–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-06-17 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2019-06-19 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2019-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT
passage - 2019-06-21 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2019-07-01 Suspension of Rules in Senate
- 2019-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
passage - 2019-07-17 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/094de0f2-5035-4540-9056-18ce5d5c6153. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).