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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY. | This Act provides that the County Attorney of New Castle County, consistent with other department directors of New Castle County government, is appointed by the County Executive with the advice and consent of the New Castle County Council. Pursuant to § 1391 of Title 9, the Office of Law provides legal advice to the County Executive, County Council, and County departments, boards, offices, and agencies. This amendment would require the advice and consent of the County Council in the appointment of the County Attorney. Consequently, this proposed amendment would safeguard against unequal preference to either branch of government when advice is provided. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | SB 122 | Delaware SB 122 (151) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2021-04-28 | 2021-09-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/78ec4570-0a2d-4dd8-b714-04ab616edf2f | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68635 | 1c2d6399cfafd1cb2305ba894ae96ff72315f2e26df1128a6e8edd9c556b30d8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware SB 122 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
This Act provides that the County Attorney of New Castle County, consistent with other department directors of New Castle County government, is appointed by the County Executive with the advice and consent of the New Castle County Council. Pursuant to § 1391 of Title 9, the Office of Law provides legal advice to the County Executive, County Council, and County departments, boards, offices, and agencies. This amendment would require the advice and consent of the County Council in the appointment of the County Attorney. Consequently, this proposed amendment would safeguard against unequal preference to either branch of government when advice is provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-04-28 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-05-13 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2021-06-09 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, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-23 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2021-09-10 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78ec4570-0a2d-4dd8-b714-04ab616edf2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).