---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CLAYTON RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
description: "This Act amends the Clayton Charter to provide more time between the deadline for filing requirements and Election Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "Delaware HB 212 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Jeff N. Spiegelman", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-06"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23e9f497-54ee-47be-807a-d3977daffc49"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25883"
source_hash: "cac96b6667e213dc629f690b434ff7d05bca6c0aec91eb4535b512203ba58ca7"
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 212 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CLAYTON RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

This Act amends the Clayton Charter to provide more time between the deadline for filing requirements and Election Day.

## 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=25883&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB212)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-27** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-08-30** 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/23e9f497-54ee-47be-807a-d3977daffc49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).