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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 154"
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citation: "Delaware SB 154 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Ronald E. Gray"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-03-09"
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last_action: "2018-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5ce10b-b483-463c-bdc7-c26f8cc23348"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26312"
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source_hash: "ec670b583c312b6d9cb203a90595e81fc85056334100807e75a4f2fdca55089a"
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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 SB 154 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY.
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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.
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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=26312&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB154)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-26** Amendment HA 1 to SB 154 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-04-26** Amendment HA 1 to SB 154 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-06-07** 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/be5ce10b-b483-463c-bdc7-c26f8cc23348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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