republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-62.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HARRINGTON RELATING TO CITY ELECTED OFFICES AND CITY FINANCES.	This Act amends the City of Harrington Charter to impose term limits on Mayor (2 terms) and Council Members (3 terms).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 62	Delaware HB 62 (149)	bill		enacted	F. Gary Simpson William R. Outten	1	7	2	2017-03-09	2017-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/385f59c6-9513-4c60-b12c-9f49b07727f1	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25439	1815b9406ec5b45e6e8f8957d0cc13a340cc20e956cc9fcf46940699171af465	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 62 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HARRINGTON RELATING TO CITY ELECTED OFFICES AND CITY FINANCES.

This Act amends the City of Harrington Charter to impose term limits on Mayor (2 terms) and Council Members (3 terms).

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

• F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
• William R. Outten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-09 Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-03-28 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2017-05-03 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/385f59c6-9513-4c60-b12c-9f49b07727f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).