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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MILFORD RELATING TO ENUMERATED POWERS AND CITY COUNCIL GOVERNMENT."
+description: "This Act to Amend the Charter grants the City Council the power to exercise eminent domain for the purpose of property acquisition, with the exception of land to be used solely for recreational purposes. It also grants the City Council the power to make proclamations to recognize achievements, historical events, special days or months for civic and social purposes, and other similar matters. This Act also clarifies that the Mayor may establish committees as they deem necessary with the consent of the City Council. Duration of elected officials’ terms, previously 2 years, shall be increased to a term of 3 years, beginning with the 2026 election for the Mayor, and beginning in 2027 for incoming Councilmembers. This Act prohibits any person in arrears and owing the City funds for taxes and other applicable fees, shall be ineligible to serve as Mayor or Councilperson. If a sitting Mayor or Councilperson becomes more than two months in arrears to the City, they shall be disqualified from their position and the seat shall be declared vacant."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 146"
+citation: "Delaware HB 146 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "Charles S Postles Jr.", "David L. Wilson"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-05-08"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5feb5636-32b3-4364-b733-3706e20dc220"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142235"
+source_hash: "4c41cccedbbba90783b5c044746f423be0ac463f3ba0122a81b2a90f0454b822"
+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 146 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MILFORD RELATING TO ENUMERATED POWERS AND CITY COUNCIL GOVERNMENT.
+
+This Act to Amend the Charter grants the City Council the power to exercise eminent domain for the purpose of property acquisition, with the exception of land to be used solely for recreational purposes. It also grants the City Council the power to make proclamations to recognize achievements, historical events, special days or months for civic and social purposes, and other similar matters. This Act also clarifies that the Mayor may establish committees as they deem necessary with the consent of the City Council. Duration of elected officials’ terms, previously 2 years, shall be increased to a term of 3 years, beginning with the 2026 election for the Mayor, and beginning in 2027 for incoming Councilmembers. This Act prohibits any person in arrears and owing the City funds for taxes and other applicable fees, shall be ineligible to serve as Mayor or Councilperson. If a sitting Mayor or Councilperson becomes more than two months in arrears to the City, they shall be disqualified from their position and the seat shall be declared vacant.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
+- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2025-07-01** 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/5feb5636-32b3-4364-b733-3706e20dc220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+