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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 418"
citation: "Delaware HB 418 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Daniel B. Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-30"
last_action: "2018-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e600af9b-eff8-4de5-9d18-b4496b89fc91"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26695"
source_hash: "5691c44b74e3e5803134c5cbd34fcce9a6e67f560568d9f183e7a50c27b9347d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26695&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB418)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **390** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **180** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e600af9b-eff8-4de5-9d18-b4496b89fc91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).