---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN OF BRIDGEVILLE CHARTER RELATING TO DISQUALIFICATION OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS."
description: "Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 229 differs from Senate Bill No. 229 by changing the word “competent” to “incompetent” as grounds for disqualification for the office of Commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Delaware SB 229 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Jesse R. Vanderwende"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-12"
last_action: "2020-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6815b3-d645-491b-bc96-4d1949347adb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48131"
source_hash: "82340bef34a0a5c9867db05b9887574241964e1b2880e4bbe96578481748f39c"
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 229 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN OF BRIDGEVILLE CHARTER RELATING TO DISQUALIFICATION OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS.

Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 229 differs from Senate Bill No. 229 by changing the word “competent” to “incompetent” as grounds for disqualification for the office of Commissioner.

## 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=48131&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 229 and Laid on Table `introduction`
- **2020-06-16** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-07-16** 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/1f6815b3-d645-491b-bc96-4d1949347adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).