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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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 96"
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citation: "Delaware SB 96 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Stephen Smyk"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-06"
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last_action: "2017-08-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49698db8-7901-487c-a596-7cbe63626b0d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25845"
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source_hash: "05d5e920911b0d8e35538138876fa66bf464212f651ffedbf007a7de42e29ada"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=25845&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB96)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **35–6** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-16** Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-22** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2017-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2017-08-30** 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/49698db8-7901-487c-a596-7cbe63626b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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