---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 399, VOLUME 77, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF OCEAN VIEW."
description: "This amendment to the Ocean View charter confirms the authority of the Town Council to elect to assess and value property pursuant to 22 Del.C. § 1101, et seq., as an alternate to the previously required procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 313"
citation: "Delaware HB 313 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7645865-6fe9-493b-8942-c0f811dc941f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26308"
source_hash: "08b92e81a442c11950016b8763917becec129717ddc66c0ffd78506e2e876d05"
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 313 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 399, VOLUME 77, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF OCEAN VIEW.

This amendment to the Ocean View charter confirms the authority of the Town Council to elect to assess and value property pursuant to 22 Del.C. § 1101, et seq., as an alternate to the previously required procedure.

## 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=26308&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB313)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-24** 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/f7645865-6fe9-493b-8942-c0f811dc941f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).