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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO RESIDENCY."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 422"
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citation: "Delaware HB 422 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles \"Bud\" M. Freel", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-05-11"
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last_action: "2022-07-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5cb96ba-b9e9-43fc-912c-c6244daf2a95"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109496"
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source_hash: "1918195a9b94eb7f9645eb4c488ba50f291fd5867d8259f9f7a530ba9c7a89c7"
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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 HB 422 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO RESIDENCY.
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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.
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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=109496&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB422)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charles "Bud" M. Freel — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-11** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-05-18** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2022-05-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-19** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-07-27** 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/e5cb96ba-b9e9-43fc-912c-c6244daf2a95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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