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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Georgetown by establishing that registration of voters for municipal elections shall be administered and conducted by agreement with and pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Department of Elections for Sussex County. This Act further establishes the procedure for handling uncontested elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Delaware SB 98 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Ruth Briggs King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-06"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/387d810a-abec-4b23-b201-5fb42a681d06"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25854"
source_hash: "bb72a447df2c97a683ed2c2692a91885ffa76b513e6657d7979cbbf672be949a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 98 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS.
This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Georgetown by establishing that registration of voters for municipal elections shall be administered and conducted by agreement with and pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Department of Elections for Sussex County. This Act further establishes the procedure for handling uncontested elections.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25854&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB98)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **400** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — 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 3 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** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/387d810a-abec-4b23-b201-5fb42a681d06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).