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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AUDIT COMMITTEE."
description: "This bill amends Title 9, Chapter 14 of the Delaware Code relating to New Castle County and the members of the Audit Committee, and provides that Audit Committee members' term of service is four years, instead of one year, provided, however, that the terms of any reconstituted committee shall be established in a staggered manner. This revision will lead to increased continuity, stability, and productivity of the Audit Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 69"
citation: "Delaware HB 69 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "James Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c5dab41-be15-40d9-b459-3053fce71678"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25457"
source_hash: "c46994f4810fb71b7896954a7b58d68694a2fcd3692112ccbb0aeb323885e058"
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 69 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AUDIT COMMITTEE.
This bill amends Title 9, Chapter 14 of the Delaware Code relating to New Castle County and the members of the Audit Committee, and provides that Audit Committee members' term of service is four years, instead of one year, provided, however, that the terms of any reconstituted committee shall be established in a staggered manner. This revision will lead to increased continuity, stability, and productivity of the Audit Committee.
## 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=25457&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB69)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **160** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- James Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 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/6c5dab41-be15-40d9-b459-3053fce71678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).