---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK."
description: "This Act amends the municipal Charter of the City of Newark as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 109"
citation: "Delaware HB 109 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "John A. Kowalko", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/452d0b06-b5c4-4db2-9120-3347d1635d2f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47307"
source_hash: "b16388e59cab81c238994c665ac887ceb3ef81a3fcb588030059296d2bea8b77"
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 109 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK.

This Act amends the municipal Charter of the City of Newark as follows:

## 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=47307&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB109)
2. **HA 1 to HB 109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47398&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment HA 1 to HB 109 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 109 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-07-17** 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/452d0b06-b5c4-4db2-9120-3347d1635d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).