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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ELSMERE."
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description: "This bill is a follow-up to House Bill No. 432, a change to the Town of Elsmere’s charter, passed in the 148th General Assembly. HB432 removed a cap on the amount of indebtedness the Town of Elsmere could incur to meet current expenses. This bill clarifies that such borrowing is intended to cover short term cash needs and shall not exceed anticipated revenue for the current fiscal year."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 19"
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citation: "Delaware HB 19 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "John L. Mitchell"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-05"
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last_action: "2017-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03d4b374-a50a-4ec9-bf75-34c9ce5bea42"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25347"
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source_hash: "f96994f1307c170caafd8e5b5593498fed3be68c17513d5c36505f2c2a44fd63"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 19 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ELSMERE.
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This bill is a follow-up to House Bill No. 432, a change to the Town of Elsmere’s charter, passed in the 148th General Assembly. HB432 removed a cap on the amount of indebtedness the Town of Elsmere could incur to meet current expenses. This bill clarifies that such borrowing is intended to cover short term cash needs and shall not exceed anticipated revenue for the current fiscal year.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25347&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB19)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-05** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-19** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-01-19** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03d4b374-a50a-4ec9-bf75-34c9ce5bea42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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