---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover, including by doing the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 456"
citation: "Delaware HB 456 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-02"
last_action: "2022-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6cd3edd-0b8a-494d-9331-56dd4cea0ab8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109605"
source_hash: "24563ba7ac7dac34da7e9cf23c662ca630054752fb410e794a0066c006167dff"
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 456 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER.

This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover, including by doing the following:

## 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=109605&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB456)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 456 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 456 - Stricken in House
- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-09-09** 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/a6cd3edd-0b8a-494d-9331-56dd4cea0ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).