---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF KENT COUNTY."
description: "This bill removes an out-of-date provision in the Code that authorizes Kent County Government to employ a janitor or janitors for the care of the County Courthouse. The State purchased the Kent County Courthouse from Kent County in 2003."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 384"
citation: "Delaware HB 384 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Jeff N. Spiegelman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-25"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/583d3b96-0aae-4d21-9215-ca68ee97a66a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26546"
source_hash: "c4d030813fb209540b634828c162895d6e01867c2bdb5def036b2b5966aa4327"
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 384 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF KENT COUNTY.

This bill removes an out-of-date provision in the Code that authorizes Kent County Government to employ a janitor or janitors for the care of the County Courthouse. The State purchased the Kent County Courthouse from Kent County in 2003.

## 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=26546&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB384)

## Votes

- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** 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/583d3b96-0aae-4d21-9215-ca68ee97a66a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).