republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-82.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MILFORD.	This Act amends the Milford City Charter. The changes are comprehensive in nature and designed to amend and revise many of the outdated provisions dating back to the Act reincorporating the City of Milford in 1970. Many of the changes are technical in nature, including updated terminology and re-organization. There are substantive changes to certain procedures including annexation, tax collection, voting, and vacancies. Some provisions are being removed due to their current inapplicability, such as those relating to the City Alderman. There are also changes updating the powers and authority of city officials along with new provisions relating to ethics and the code of conduct.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 82	Delaware SB 82 (149)	bill		enacted	F. Gary Simpson Harvey R. Kenton	1	11	2	2017-05-12	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/82f9814f-8a3d-4739-aea2-2a9cfa2c8afc	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25771	4274bc2293bb0bea477fe0a195caa97c86a0961d60895ce82fbb7fb964bf289c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 82 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MILFORD.

This Act amends the Milford City Charter. The changes are comprehensive in nature and designed to amend and revise many of the outdated provisions dating back to the Act reincorporating the City of Milford in 1970. Many of the changes are technical in nature, including updated terminology and re-organization. There are substantive changes to certain procedures including annexation, tax collection, voting, and vacancies. Some provisions are being removed due to their current inapplicability, such as those relating to the City Alderman. There are also changes updating the powers and authority of city officials along with new provisions relating to ethics and the code of conduct.

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

Sponsors

• F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
• Harvey R. Kenton — primary (person)
• Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-12 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Amendment SA 1 to SB 82 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-07 Amendment SA 2 to SB 82 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-08 Amendment SA 1 to SB 82 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2017-06-08 Amendment SA 2 to SB 82 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2017-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2017-06-09 Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82f9814f-8a3d-4739-aea2-2a9cfa2c8afc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).