republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-414.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BLADES RELATING TO ANNEXATION.	This bill amends the Charter of the Town of Blades to allow annexation without a referendum only if the property to be annexed requests the annexation. Also, if a petition of over 10% of eligible voters requesting a referendum is submitted with 30 days of Council approval, then a referendum must be held. The cost of a referendum when a contiguous property owner desires to come into Blades to obtain their utilities and services seems unnecessary.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 414	Delaware HB 414 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short	1	10	2	2018-05-10	2018-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/be4e782c-414b-4b40-ac91-cc23ebbe496b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26680	60725d70f71b3304dd6dbfee078e1cf144db01c70832bae5cc6444168bc2f1d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 414 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BLADES RELATING TO ANNEXATION.

This bill amends the Charter of the Town of Blades to allow annexation without a referendum only if the property to be annexed requests the annexation. Also, if a petition of over 10% of eligible voters requesting a referendum is submitted with 30 days of Council approval, then a referendum must be held. The cost of a referendum when a contiguous property owner desires to come into Blades to obtain their utilities and services seems unnecessary.

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

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-10 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-05 Amendment HA 1 to HB 414 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-07 Amendment HA 1 to HB 414 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-07 Amendment HA 2 to HB 414 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-07 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-09 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be4e782c-414b-4b40-ac91-cc23ebbe496b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).