---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUSSEX COUNTY GOVERNMENT."
description: "This bill deletes an unnecessary restriction relating to amending the Sussex County budget. No similar provision is applicable to the Kent or New Castle County budget process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Delaware HB 331 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "Gerald W. Hocker", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-15"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7b2b302-68e6-4b1c-85e3-574827b696f1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48090"
source_hash: "68d846817b0fa45a343a79ebf1d3c815255c84675d3716852c8dadcc9905c0cb"
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 331 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUSSEX COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

This bill deletes an unnecessary restriction relating to amending the Sussex County budget. No similar provision is applicable to the Kent or New Castle County budget process.

## 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=48090&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB331)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-15** 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/f7b2b302-68e6-4b1c-85e3-574827b696f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).