Delaware · Senate Bill 176 · 153rd General Assembly

Sussex County/Impact Fee/Building Permits

  1. Introduced Jun 5, 2025
  2. In committee Jun 5, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Jun 12, 2025
  4. Passed the House Jun 30, 2025
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Sep 3, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act allows Sussex County to apply an impact fee to building permits within the respective school district for the purpose of collecting funding for the local share of school capital construction programs.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Housing & Land Use Committee in Senate · Senate Housing & Land Use
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits · Senate Housing & Land Use
  3. SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Housing Committee in House · House Housing
  5. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits · House Housing
  6. HousePassed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 VACANT38–2 vote
  7. GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 1 Republican.

All 4 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.