---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE."
description: "This Act makes the following changes to the Charter of the City of New Castle:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Delaware SB 178 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Mulrooney", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-25"
last_action: "2018-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed67734-54c2-454a-9289-b8a25d431bef"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26534"
source_hash: "830828386911ea6dd93cc6713eceb4bbbc4896a569b2079d1be50f3a92511afc"
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 SB 178 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE.

This Act makes the following changes to the Charter of the City of New Castle:

## 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=26534&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB178)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-25** Introduced and 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`
- **2018-06-06** Amendment SA 1 to SB 178 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2018-06-07** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-09-04** 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/2ed67734-54c2-454a-9289-b8a25d431bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).