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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO CONTRACTS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "SB 51"
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citation: "Delaware SB 51 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Richard G. Collins"]
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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: "2019-03-19"
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last_action: "2019-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41475453-be90-4a93-a91d-33497ad72bf7"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47228"
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source_hash: "5383db9419ffe70e0b2e15e8cbc8d636c2017f2f1d11ae8611f7fa132919e06a"
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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 51 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO CONTRACTS.
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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.
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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=47228&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB51)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-19** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-23** 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/41475453-be90-4a93-a91d-33497ad72bf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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