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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A VACANCY IN THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE. This bill addresses how a vacancy in the office of New Castle County Executive will be filled. Initially the County Chief Administrative Officer will fill the position. Thereafter a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy for the balance of the term of office. This is the same special election process as applicable to a vacancy in a County Council district. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 HB 239 Delaware HB 239 (149)
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Delaware HB 239 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A VACANCY IN THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

This bill addresses how a vacancy in the office of New Castle County Executive will be filled. Initially the County Chief Administrative Officer will fill the position. Thereafter a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy for the balance of the term of office. This is the same special election process as applicable to a vacancy in a County Council district.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 336 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 156 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
  • Michael Ramone — primary (person)
  • Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-06-20 Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-01-17 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-01-24 Amendment HA 1 to HB 239 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-03-08 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 239 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2018-03-27 Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 6 NO 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-03-28 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-04-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
  • 2018-05-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/006df82b-12ce-41fa-9a24-01e4d12d7786. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).