---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO FISCAL PROCEDURES."
description: "This Act amends the City of Seaford's Charter (“Charter”) as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "Delaware HB 297 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Daniel B. Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c35c91b-f049-4da3-b6b8-231292a92526"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48029"
source_hash: "188d7b129d88efdb5d4d897cd801250d8db9cc264c81b35f8ab40a8e6820f544"
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 297 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO FISCAL PROCEDURES.

This Act amends the City of Seaford's Charter (“Charter”) 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=48029&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB297)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-11** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **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/7c35c91b-f049-4da3-b6b8-231292a92526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).