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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR MAYOR."
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description: "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."
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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 322"
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citation: "Delaware HB 322 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles Potter Jr.", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-03-01"
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last_action: "2018-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c9b123f-1adf-4d5f-9a80-554b2b02469c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26317"
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source_hash: "def62ff73dc7bc0138c92c8135d37ee3c0d8d805f1fd0ae7928ab4aa9b65c8be"
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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 322 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR MAYOR.
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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.
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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=26317&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB322)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (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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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-24** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-05-24** 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/6c9b123f-1adf-4d5f-9a80-554b2b02469c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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