republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-96.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LEWES RELATING TO VOTER ELIGIBILITY IN SPECIAL ANNEXATION ELECTIONS AND INDEMNIFICATION OF CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.	This Act amends the Charter for the City of Lewes to make residents who are not property owners or leaseholders in the City or in an area to be annexed ineligible to vote in a special annexation election. This Act also creates a new Section 40, providing for the indemnification of City officers and employees in criminal, civil, quasi-judicial, and administrative actions in appropriate circumstances.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 96	Delaware SB 96 (149)	bill		enacted	Ernesto B Lopez Stephen Smyk	1	7	2	2017-06-06	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/49698db8-7901-487c-a596-7cbe63626b0d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25845	05d5e920911b0d8e35538138876fa66bf464212f651ffedbf007a7de42e29ada	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 96 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LEWES RELATING TO VOTER ELIGIBILITY IN SPECIAL ANNEXATION ELECTIONS AND INDEMNIFICATION OF CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

This Act amends the Charter for the City of Lewes to make residents who are not property owners or leaseholders in the City or in an area to be annexed ineligible to vote in a special annexation election. This Act also creates a new Section 40, providing for the indemnification of City officers and employees in criminal, civil, quasi-judicial, and administrative actions in appropriate circumstances.

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 — 35–6 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
• Stephen Smyk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-16 Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-22 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2017-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 NO passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49698db8-7901-487c-a596-7cbe63626b0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).