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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF KENT COUNTY GOVERNMENT."
description: "This Act codifies procedure for the appointment of a County Administrator by the Kent County Levy Court and specifies the powers and duties of that position. Section 2 of the Act strikes Section 5001 of Title 9 relating to Kent County because it is a duplicate of existing Section 4117 of Title 9. Section 3 strikes 4112 relating to employment of county officers, as authority over hiring is now vested in the County Administrator pursuant to new Section 4108(d)(1). Section 4 updates the provision relating to the Kent County Engineer so that position is hired by the County Administrator rather than the Levy Court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Delaware HB 221 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Jeffrey N. Spiegelman", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37188ab-699b-4604-a270-fafea63736cc"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78802"
source_hash: "034cfbd3884f53d268bd1dc5d4cbb15dee871c431b1f1ea2e320b3119e428c09"
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 HB 221 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF KENT COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
This Act codifies procedure for the appointment of a County Administrator by the Kent County Levy Court and specifies the powers and duties of that position. Section 2 of the Act strikes Section 5001 of Title 9 relating to Kent County because it is a duplicate of existing Section 4117 of Title 9. Section 3 strikes 4112 relating to employment of county officers, as authority over hiring is now vested in the County Administrator pursuant to new Section 4108(d)(1). Section 4 updates the provision relating to the Kent County Engineer so that position is hired by the County Administrator rather than the Levy Court.
## 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=78802&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB221)
## Votes
- SM — **401** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-10** 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/b37188ab-699b-4604-a270-fafea63736cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).