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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY."
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description: "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."
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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 316"
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citation: "Delaware HB 316 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-03-01"
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last_action: "2018-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0a0dcb1-fc0f-42d1-9985-0cb3e164c86a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26321"
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source_hash: "893404c6bc74bef47914a3f9719a36c32164030b4ccab4a0b9630f7271ee3252"
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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 316 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY.
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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.
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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=26321&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB316)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-01** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-15** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-19** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to HB 316 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-01** 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/e0a0dcb1-fc0f-42d1-9985-0cb3e164c86a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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