republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-422.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO RESIDENCY.	This Act amends Section 3-304 of the City of Wilmington’s Charter to allow the City of Wilmington to determine whether, and to what extent, its employees are required to be City residents. This Act does not affect residency requirements for City Council Members.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 422	Delaware HB 422 (151)	bill		enacted	Charles "Bud" M. Freel S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker	1	8	2	2022-05-11	2022-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/e5cb96ba-b9e9-43fc-912c-c6244daf2a95	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109496	1918195a9b94eb7f9645eb4c488ba50f291fd5867d8259f9f7a530ba9c7a89c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 422 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO RESIDENCY.

This Act amends Section 3-304 of the City of Wilmington’s Charter to allow the City of Wilmington to determine whether, and to what extent, its employees are required to be City residents. This Act does not affect residency requirements for City Council Members.

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 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles "Bud" M. Freel — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-11 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-05-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2022-05-19 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-19 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-07-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5cb96ba-b9e9-43fc-912c-c6244daf2a95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).