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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HARRINGTON RELATING TO CITY ELECTED OFFICES AND CITY FINANCES."
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description: "This Act amends the City of Harrington Charter to impose term limits on Mayor (2 terms) and Council Members (3 terms)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 62"
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citation: "Delaware HB 62 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["F. Gary Simpson", "William R. Outten"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-09"
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last_action: "2017-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/385f59c6-9513-4c60-b12c-9f49b07727f1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25439"
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source_hash: "1815b9406ec5b45e6e8f8957d0cc13a340cc20e956cc9fcf46940699171af465"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 62 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HARRINGTON RELATING TO CITY ELECTED OFFICES AND CITY FINANCES.
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This Act amends the City of Harrington Charter to impose term limits on Mayor (2 terms) and Council Members (3 terms).
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25439&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB62)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- William R. Outten — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2017-05-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/385f59c6-9513-4c60-b12c-9f49b07727f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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