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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR MAYOR. | This bill lowers the mayoral age requirement from 30 to 25. This change makes the Mayor’s age requirement consistent with that for City Councilmen. Under the City ‘s Charter, if the Mayor resigns, dies or is unable to perform his/her duties, the Council President takes the Mayor’s place. This succession would prove problematic if the Council President does not meet the age requirement for Mayor. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 322 | Delaware HB 322 (149) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2018-03-01 | 2018-05-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/6c9b123f-1adf-4d5f-9a80-554b2b02469c | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26317 | def62ff73dc7bc0138c92c8135d37ee3c0d8d805f1fd0ae7928ab4aa9b65c8be | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware HB 322 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR MAYOR.
This bill lowers the mayoral age requirement from 30 to 25. This change makes the Mayor’s age requirement consistent with that for City Councilmen. Under the City ‘s Charter, if the Mayor resigns, dies or is unable to perform his/her duties, the Council President takes the Mayor’s place. This succession would prove problematic if the Council President does not meet the age requirement for Mayor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 2/3 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (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 - 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-04-24 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2018-04-25 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-05-02 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-05-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2018-05-24 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c9b123f-1adf-4d5f-9a80-554b2b02469c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).