---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN VIEW RELATING TO COUNCIL TERMS OF OFFICE."
description: "Under the current language of Section 2.301, it is unclear what constitutes a \"term\" when computing term limits and determining a potential candidate's eligibility when they have previously filled a vacancy on the Council. By adding the proposed language, there will be a clear standard for determining whether a potential candidate has exceeded the two-term limit imposed by the Charter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Delaware HB 269 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33e7c291-d4af-433c-8027-5b6ebf65695b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47921"
source_hash: "6b863191e256ff99d25c1f254f1f40c06e956825e44761e96725ecaa49c32b72"
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 269 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN VIEW RELATING TO COUNCIL TERMS OF OFFICE.

Under the current language of Section 2.301, it is unclear what constitutes a "term" when computing term limits and determining a potential candidate's eligibility when they have previously filled a vacancy on the Council. By adding the proposed language, there will be a clear standard for determining whether a potential candidate has exceeded the two-term limit imposed by the Charter.

## 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=47921&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB269)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-16** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-08-06** 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/33e7c291-d4af-433c-8027-5b6ebf65695b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).