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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS AND THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS."
+description: "This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Delmar in multiple respects. In Section 7 of the Charter, which involves Nominations and Elections, every person over the age of 18 years who has resided in the town for 30 days prior to the election will be permitted to vote in the election, as opposed to the previous six-month residency requirement. The Town of Delmar will also adopt the State's Voter Registration System as the source of its list of registered voters but reserves the right to deny any names from the list of voters who have moved from the Town, no longer own property within the Town, or are otherwise disqualified from voting. Section 24 of the Charter is also amended to raise the permissible bond amount to be authorized via resolution by Town Council from one million to 10 million dollars."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 396"
+citation: "Delaware HB 396 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-05-14"
+last_action: "2024-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/006c31a7-2039-48c9-9738-2f886d289f61"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141365"
+source_hash: "0ef14be2bfa1ad6f7b2907938a5dade2680d4a251d5eabcee86fdf304fa767cd"
+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 396 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS AND THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS.
+
+This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Delmar in multiple respects. In Section 7 of the Charter, which involves Nominations and Elections, every person over the age of 18 years who has resided in the town for 30 days prior to the election will be permitted to vote in the election, as opposed to the previous six-month residency requirement. The Town of Delmar will also adopt the State's Voter Registration System as the source of its list of registered voters but reserves the right to deny any names from the list of voters who have moved from the Town, no longer own property within the Town, or are otherwise disqualified from voting. Section 24 of the Charter is also amended to raise the permissible bond amount to be authorized via resolution by Town Council from one million to 10 million dollars.
+
+## 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=141365&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB396)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-14** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-08-29** 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/006c31a7-2039-48c9-9738-2f886d289f61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+