republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-216.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.	This amendment to Section 8-200 of the Charter of the City of Wilmington raises some of the threshold amounts for bid requirements in the procurement process. The purpose of the amendment is to improve City of Wilmington procurement procedures, increase public access to City of Wilmington contracting opportunities through the authorization of internet advertising, and authorize the City of Wilmington to participate in cooperative purchasing agreements with other public procurement agencies.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 216	Delaware HB 216 (149)	bill		enacted	Harris B. McDowell Helene M. Keeley Margaret Rose Henry	1	7	2	2017-06-08	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/11ce089c-373b-4033-8b46-164b8e6a6433	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25923	20df825baa956487a545b77d1d17f66152ed58f63d9c5bf68aeda18ce65e6161	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 216 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.

This amendment to Section 8-200 of the Charter of the City of Wilmington raises some of the threshold amounts for bid requirements in the procurement process. The purpose of the amendment is to improve City of Wilmington procurement procedures, increase public access to City of Wilmington contracting opportunities through the authorization of internet advertising, and authorize the City of Wilmington to participate in cooperative purchasing agreements with other public procurement agencies.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-08 Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-27 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11ce089c-373b-4033-8b46-164b8e6a6433. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).