republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-316.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY.	This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 changes the maximum repayment term from ten (10) to twenty (20) years for the financing of a capital asset. This change allows for a greater range of borrowing term options for the City’s consideration. Section 2 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Secretary. Section 3 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Treasurer. The changes in Sections 2 and 3 allow for improved transparency and separation of duties within the City’s government.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 316	Delaware HB 316 (149)	bill		enacted	Nicole Poore Valerie Longhurst	1	9	3	2018-03-01	2018-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e0a0dcb1-fc0f-42d1-9985-0cb3e164c86a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26321	893404c6bc74bef47914a3f9719a36c32164030b4ccab4a0b9630f7271ee3252	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 316 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY.

This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 changes the maximum repayment term from ten (10) to twenty (20) years for the financing of a capital asset. This change allows for a greater range of borrowing term options for the City’s consideration. Section 2 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Secretary. Section 3 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Treasurer. The changes in Sections 2 and 3 allow for improved transparency and separation of duties within the City’s government.

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 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-01 Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-03-15 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-03-19 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-04-17 Amendment SA 1 to HB 316 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2018-04-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-04-19 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0a0dcb1-fc0f-42d1-9985-0cb3e164c86a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).