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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES."
description: "This bill permits a County government to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel, motel, and tourist home rooms located in the unincorporated areas of the County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 377"
citation: "Delaware HB 377 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John L. Mitchell", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-19"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31d82ee3-c0ac-4b5d-b689-a0a6c40e2d45"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26519"
source_hash: "0a6f3ab4b13a506b2ef73f1df151b39b85172a95c1ae8f2a99c834e876f2824f"
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 HB 377 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES.
This bill permits a County government to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel, motel, and tourist home rooms located in the unincorporated areas of the County.
## 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=26519&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB377)
## Votes
- SM — **298** (pass) · lower
- SM — **162** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-04-19** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 377 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 377 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-08** Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 8 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 2 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 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/31d82ee3-c0ac-4b5d-b689-a0a6c40e2d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).