---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY RELATING TO VACANCIES AND FORFEITURE OF OFFICE."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of Delaware City, providing for use of a special election to fill vacancies in the office of Councilperson. Specifically, the Act authorizes the Mayor, within 14 days of the vacancy, to set a date for a special election and notify the Department of Elections of the same."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Delaware SB 142 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6d53f8a-cc0d-446a-8e15-01af6799d33f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140449"
source_hash: "a2085051c0ed99ac1c223e1d850e0067f3b5ec8649668c32c881913769ca92a9"
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 142 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY RELATING TO VACANCIES AND FORFEITURE OF OFFICE.

This Act amends the Charter of Delaware City, providing for use of a special election to fill vacancies in the office of Councilperson. Specifically, the Act authorizes the Mayor, within 14 days of the vacancy, to set a date for a special election and notify the Department of Elections of the same.

## 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=140449&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB142)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-29** 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/f6d53f8a-cc0d-446a-8e15-01af6799d33f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).