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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 122"
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citation: "Delaware SB 122 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Sherae'a Moore"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-28"
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last_action: "2021-09-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78ec4570-0a2d-4dd8-b714-04ab616edf2f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68635"
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source_hash: "1c2d6399cfafd1cb2305ba894ae96ff72315f2e26df1128a6e8edd9c556b30d8"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=68635&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB122)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-28** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-09** Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-10** 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/78ec4570-0a2d-4dd8-b714-04ab616edf2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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