republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-418.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD.	Section 1 provides that unpaid taxes shall become first liens against property of the owner for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the assessment.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 418	Delaware HB 418 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short	1	9	2	2018-05-30	2018-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/e600af9b-eff8-4de5-9d18-b4496b89fc91	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26695	5691c44b74e3e5803134c5cbd34fcce9a6e67f560568d9f183e7a50c27b9347d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 418 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD.

Section 1 provides that unpaid taxes shall become first liens against property of the owner for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the assessment.

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 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 18–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-30 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Amendment HA 1 to HB 418 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 418 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-14 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-14 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e600af9b-eff8-4de5-9d18-b4496b89fc91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).