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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A KENT COUNTY LODGING TAX."
description: "This Act repeals the authority granted to Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax to benefit the Kent County Regional Sports Complex Corporation, also known as DE Turf. This authority was granted by Chapter 102 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Delaware (Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 178), which was enacted during the first session of the 150th General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Delaware SB 198 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-19"
last_action: "2020-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a2f55f8-532c-42fc-9fd3-3b879b97201e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47915"
source_hash: "6b385714d68184c19435f2e5e66f216b5a86efefacb5ad48b56473b04a115db5"
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 198 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A KENT COUNTY LODGING TAX.
This Act repeals the authority granted to Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax to benefit the Kent County Regional Sports Complex Corporation, also known as DE Turf. This authority was granted by Chapter 102 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Delaware (Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 178), which was enacted during the first session of the 150th General Assembly.
## 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=47915&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB198)
## Votes
- SM — **370** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-19** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-01-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-10** 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/6a2f55f8-532c-42fc-9fd3-3b879b97201e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).