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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF LEWES RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of Lewes to give the City Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 210"
citation: "Delaware SB 210 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48e7599c-d3db-437c-9834-4c24525e9dce"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47998"
source_hash: "792d4b6db272a2e344410f96a7609690d416ba7b65f635426a469be05b97fad3"
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 210 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF LEWES RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX.
This Act amends the Charter of Lewes to give the City Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.
## 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=47998&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB210)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-29** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-08-06** 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/48e7599c-d3db-437c-9834-4c24525e9dce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).