republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-268.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.	The bill amends the Charter of the City of Newark by changing the timeline for special elections from no less than 30 and no more than 60 days after a vacancy occurs to no less than 60 and no more than 90 days after a vacancy. In addition, the bill sets the filing deadline for special elections at 29 days prior to the election.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 268	Delaware HB 268 (151)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola John A. Kowalko Paul S. Baumbach	1	7	2	2021-12-16	2022-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/759b0dd7-7037-47cc-81ef-222ddd656988	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79042	f6b24716f8d385920387f5c2f83b1908fb8377a5fde858e7485af0a2162cdc12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 268 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.

The bill amends the Charter of the City of Newark by changing the timeline for special elections from no less than 30 and no more than 60 days after a vacancy occurs to no less than 60 and no more than 90 days after a vacancy. In addition, the bill sets the filing deadline for special elections at 29 days prior to the election.

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 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-16 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-20 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-01-20 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-02-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/759b0dd7-7037-47cc-81ef-222ddd656988. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).