republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-34.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO ELECTIONS, REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, APPOINTMENTS OF NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND MONTH ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE SWORN IN.	This bill removes the option of allowing notification to the public of candidates for Mayor and City Council by posting the names of such candidates in at least five (5) public places in the City rather than having this information published in a newspaper of local and/or general circulation; incorporates City Council's decision to move the Delaware Department of Elections' voter registration system, effective for the 2022 municipal elections; incorporates the City Council's decision to continue utilizing the "Book of Registered Voters" only for non-resident property owners; conforms the titles of the City's election officials to the titles used in Chapter 75 of Title 15 of the Delaware Code entitled "Municipal Elections"; corrects the month during which the elected officials are sworn in and the Vice Mayor elected; and removes the reference to a specific meeting during which appointments of non-elected City officials and staff are made.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 34	Delaware HB 34 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short	1	7	2	2020-12-18	2021-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/25dc7d9e-0e5f-4b10-b39d-d3446f4972ef	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48218	fcb4bba59edaaf21740338a2bc1fc02dc89b81e76e2c0379c05be98eb6fd7b8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 34 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO ELECTIONS, REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, APPOINTMENTS OF NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND MONTH ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE SWORN IN.

This bill removes the option of allowing notification to the public of candidates for Mayor and City Council by posting the names of such candidates in at least five (5) public places in the City rather than having this information published in a newspaper of local and/or general circulation; incorporates City Council's decision to move the Delaware Department of Elections' voter registration system, effective for the 2022 municipal elections; incorporates the City Council's decision to continue utilizing the "Book of Registered Voters" only for non-resident property owners; conforms the titles of the City's election officials to the titles used in Chapter 75 of Title 15 of the Delaware Code entitled "Municipal Elections"; corrects the month during which the elected officials are sworn in and the Vice Mayor elected; and removes the reference to a specific meeting during which appointments of non-elected City officials and staff are made.

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

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-18 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-03-12 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25dc7d9e-0e5f-4b10-b39d-d3446f4972ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).