republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-379.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WOODSIDE.	Section 1 clarifies the Town’s nuisance and dangerous building abatement powers and requires property owners to pay for the abatement costs. This section further clarifies the Town’s ability to grant franchises, licenses, and permits, and impose fees for the same. It authorizes the Town to impose a realty transfer tax, and it increases the maximum penalty for a code violation to $500.00.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 379	Delaware HB 379 (149)	bill		enacted	Colin Bonini Lyndon D. Yearick	1	10	3	2018-04-24	2018-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5c529984-1d2d-4ed3-b99c-497f1c7508d5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26533	6edb4d6905872ee69fc6975324655a57837b8d24148e87c703faaba383fc1c55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 379 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WOODSIDE.

Section 1 clarifies the Town’s nuisance and dangerous building abatement powers and requires property owners to pay for the abatement costs. This section further clarifies the Town’s ability to grant franchises, licenses, and permits, and impose fees for the same. It authorizes the Town to impose a realty transfer tax, and it increases the maximum penalty for a code violation to $500.00.

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 — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Colin Bonini — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-24 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-05-03 Amendment HA 1 to HB 379 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-05-03 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-08 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-12 Amendment SA 1 to HB 379 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2018-06-12 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-19 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c529984-1d2d-4ed3-b99c-497f1c7508d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).