republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-154.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY.	Section 1 eliminates the need to use an ordinance to appoint a Town Manager and specifies that all departments, including the Police Department, report directly to the Town Manager.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 154	Delaware SB 154 (149)	bill		enacted	Gerald W. Hocker Ronald E. Gray	1	10	3	2018-03-09	2018-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/be5ce10b-b483-463c-bdc7-c26f8cc23348	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26312	ec670b583c312b6d9cb203a90595e81fc85056334100807e75a4f2fdca55089a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 154 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY.

Section 1 eliminates the need to use an ordinance to appoint a Town Manager and specifies that all departments, including the Police Department, report directly to the Town Manager.

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 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-09 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-03-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-03-22 Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26 Amendment HA 1 to SB 154 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-26 Amendment HA 1 to SB 154 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-02 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-06-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be5ce10b-b483-463c-bdc7-c26f8cc23348. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).