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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES."
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description: "This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 244"
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citation: "Delaware SB 244 (152)"
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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", "Bryan Townsend", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-21"
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last_action: "2024-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2079c9cd-0168-4b60-835d-bac0c2ac6cc8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141119"
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source_hash: "add68a340cb5621a90c1c90408d986146b95df8344275a32a82a4484971117b8"
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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 244 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES.
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This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs.
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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=141119&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB244)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **17–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Land Use Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-04-18** Assigned to Housing Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** Not Worked in Committee
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-08-09** 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/2079c9cd-0168-4b60-835d-bac0c2ac6cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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