republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-51.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO CONTRACTS.	The Town Council for the Town of Millsboro determined that the way they award contracts should be improved. The amount that initiates the process is increased from $20,000 to $50,000 to better reflect the current cost of ordinary purchases that the Town must make. This Act also allows the Town of Millsboro to have the ability to award a contract to a bidder other than the lowest bidder while also laying out the factors that the Town Council must use in determining who is a responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with their bid vetting process.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 51	Delaware SB 51 (150)	bill		enacted	Gerald W. Hocker Richard G. Collins	1	7	2	2019-03-19	2019-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/41475453-be90-4a93-a91d-33497ad72bf7	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47228	5383db9419ffe70e0b2e15e8cbc8d636c2017f2f1d11ae8611f7fa132919e06a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 51 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO CONTRACTS.

The Town Council for the Town of Millsboro determined that the way they award contracts should be improved. The amount that initiates the process is increased from $20,000 to $50,000 to better reflect the current cost of ordinary purchases that the Town must make. This Act also allows the Town of Millsboro to have the ability to award a contract to a bidder other than the lowest bidder while also laying out the factors that the Town Council must use in determining who is a responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with their bid vetting process.

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 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-19 Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-04-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2019-04-11 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-06 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41475453-be90-4a93-a91d-33497ad72bf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).