---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ARDENCROFT."
description: "This Act deletes the current Charter of the Village of Ardencroft (the \"Village\") and replaces it with a new charter that differs in several respects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "Delaware SB 243 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Evans Gay", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-15"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa9b053-48d8-43b1-8758-49b94739d6c8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141079"
source_hash: "c2d70cda671349becefe1cb272a32b7ae93802b781e8b44d1f68150f32029d47"
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 243 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ARDENCROFT.

This Act deletes the current Charter of the Village of Ardencroft (the "Village") and replaces it with a new charter that differs in several respects.

## 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/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=641562)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-15** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-08-02** 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/faa9b053-48d8-43b1-8758-49b94739d6c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).