---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLVILLE RELATING TO THE METHOD OF MAKING NOMINATIONS FOR A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Millville. Specifically, the Act more clearly identifies the documents needed to file for a Town Council member position, as well as the logistics of the candidate providing the results of the criminal background check to the Town."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 254"
citation: "Delaware HB 254 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronald E. Gray", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-30"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f10d5fb8-0bb7-4919-af37-9db3ab3a4c44"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140772"
source_hash: "198d628ab9df16022d33046cd39c974f49b1948bb9b4eb162f207ed7973e7e84"
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 254 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLVILLE RELATING TO THE METHOD OF MAKING NOMINATIONS FOR A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER.

This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Millville. Specifically, the Act more clearly identifies the documents needed to file for a Town Council member position, as well as the logistics of the candidate providing the results of the criminal background check to the Town.

## 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=140772&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB254)
2. **HA 1 to HB 254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141366&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-30** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 254 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 254 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-10-09** 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/f10d5fb8-0bb7-4919-af37-9db3ab3a4c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).