---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY."
description: "This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 aligns the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 8-04 with the law of the State of Delaware, HB 395, by setting the maximum deadline for registration at 30 days prior to a municipal election, special election, and referenda. Section 2 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 3-06 and changes the timing for conducting oaths of office for the Mayor and Councilpersons of the City of Delaware City. Section 3 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 4-01 and eliminates the predetermined time for the meeting of the Property Assessment Board. Section 4 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 11-01 and extends the term limits for the Planning Commission members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Delaware HB 68 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5839653a-89cf-4ff3-8f39-4fab6262208e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25453"
source_hash: "168a085096d81963c7a6b42f27837cd76d88de17bf3522b1a9818a7f9eba7db8"
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 68 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY.

This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 aligns the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 8-04 with the law of the State of Delaware, HB 395, by setting the maximum deadline for registration at 30 days prior to a municipal election, special election, and referenda. Section 2 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 3-06 and changes the timing for conducting oaths of office for the Mayor and Councilpersons of the City of Delaware City. Section 3 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 4-01 and eliminates the predetermined time for the meeting of the Property Assessment Board. Section 4 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 11-01 and extends the term limits for the Planning Commission members.

## 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=25453&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB68)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-18** 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/5839653a-89cf-4ff3-8f39-4fab6262208e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).