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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWARK TO LEVY A TAX ON COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF NEWARK."
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description: "This Act amends the Newark Charter by authorizing the City of Newark to levy and collect a per student, per semester tax on Colleges and Universities that host in person classes which are located within the boundaries of the City of Newark. This tax applies to all colleges and universities including any organizations that are considered subdivisions or agencies of the State of Delaware or are otherwise tax exempt, including but not limited to the University of Delaware. The amount of the tax will be adjusted annually in an amount not to exceed the change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, not seasonally adjusted). It also limits the available payment methods to restrict the use of credit cards for the payment of the aforementioned tax. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a municipal charter."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 34"
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citation: "Delaware HB 34 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Mara Gorman"]
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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: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48336b76-adbf-4da9-bbb8-033e4929deab"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141759"
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source_hash: "dbe44d8ab0f4e1fa8e83c0afd2b27f98794bdcc93374ec34aa7dd477a75fcaff"
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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 34 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWARK TO LEVY A TAX ON COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF NEWARK.
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This Act amends the Newark Charter by authorizing the City of Newark to levy and collect a per student, per semester tax on Colleges and Universities that host in person classes which are located within the boundaries of the City of Newark. This tax applies to all colleges and universities including any organizations that are considered subdivisions or agencies of the State of Delaware or are otherwise tax exempt, including but not limited to the University of Delaware. The amount of the tax will be adjusted annually in an amount not to exceed the change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, not seasonally adjusted). It also limits the available payment methods to restrict the use of credit cards for the payment of the aforementioned tax. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a municipal charter.
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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. **HA 1 to HB 34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142131&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 34 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-24** 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/48336b76-adbf-4da9-bbb8-033e4929deab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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