---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ELSMERE AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT CENTER."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Elsmere and Title 21 of the Delaware Code to create a Voluntary Assessment Center and establish procedures governing the creation and operation of the Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 213"
citation: "Delaware HB 213 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John L. Mitchell", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da8a3978-fbdd-4395-a7da-3c1bf6d6d347"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78797"
source_hash: "7273596a87b78c2f6cc3e306bee1665e0f39b0e7fa4758cefeba8f8a233438e6"
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 213 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ELSMERE AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT CENTER.

This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Elsmere and Title 21 of the Delaware Code to create a Voluntary Assessment Center and establish procedures governing the creation and operation of the Center.

## 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=78797&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB213)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-23** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-10** 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/da8a3978-fbdd-4395-a7da-3c1bf6d6d347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).