republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-68.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY.	This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 aligns the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 8-04 with the law of the State of Delaware, HB 395, by setting the maximum deadline for registration at 30 days prior to a municipal election, special election, and referenda. Section 2 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 3-06 and changes the timing for conducting oaths of office for the Mayor and Councilpersons of the City of Delaware City. Section 3 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 4-01 and eliminates the predetermined time for the meeting of the Property Assessment Board. Section 4 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 11-01 and extends the term limits for the Planning Commission members.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 68	Delaware HB 68 (149)	bill		enacted	Nicole Poore Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2017-03-09	2017-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/5839653a-89cf-4ff3-8f39-4fab6262208e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25453	168a085096d81963c7a6b42f27837cd76d88de17bf3522b1a9818a7f9eba7db8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 68 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY.

This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 aligns the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 8-04 with the law of the State of Delaware, HB 395, by setting the maximum deadline for registration at 30 days prior to a municipal election, special election, and referenda. Section 2 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 3-06 and changes the timing for conducting oaths of office for the Mayor and Councilpersons of the City of Delaware City. Section 3 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 4-01 and eliminates the predetermined time for the meeting of the Property Assessment Board. Section 4 amends the City of Delaware City’s Charter Section 11-01 and extends the term limits for the Planning Commission members.

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

Sponsors

• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — 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
• 2017-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-03-16 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-03-21 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-04-05 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-18 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5839653a-89cf-4ff3-8f39-4fab6262208e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).