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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 228"
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citation: "Delaware HB 228 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-17"
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last_action: "2019-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/094de0f2-5035-4540-9056-18ce5d5c6153"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47726"
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source_hash: "258093aa45f4838a2ea8189d35c57a011a33a1111455730a30469bc2a8724d34"
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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 HB 228 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES.
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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.
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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=47726&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB228)
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## Votes
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- SM — **34–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-17** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-21** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2019-07-17** 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/094de0f2-5035-4540-9056-18ce5d5c6153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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