---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY RELATING TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL."
description: "This Act amends the Town of South Bethany Charter to provide the correct citation to charter provisions relating to residency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 307"
citation: "Delaware HB 307 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6db2954-8f01-4469-8f7c-48f5b155dd73"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79151"
source_hash: "7096989007556c686b587509f5208b9b861ffc3ed664e4fbeccbd9b327028069"
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 307 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY RELATING TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

This Act amends the Town of South Bethany Charter to provide the correct citation to charter provisions relating to residency.

## 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=79151&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB307)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 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/e6db2954-8f01-4469-8f7c-48f5b155dd73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).