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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Municipal Service Commission of the City of New Castle by granting the City Council of New Castle the power to appoint two of the three Commissioners to serve on the Municipal Service Commission, with the incumbent Mayor as the third Commissioner. This Act also sets the terms of each appointed Commissioner to 4 years, and allows the City Administrator to serve as a substitute for the Mayor on the Commission in the Mayor's absence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "Delaware SB 145 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa8be2e-8256-49bf-9f45-1d4faf21a856"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78758"
source_hash: "84d7742cb9fdf1b6e6fc4bd0a8b3f25218fd12967e2b4f1cfbb9b4a985d1a501"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 145 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE.
This Act amends the Charter of the Municipal Service Commission of the City of New Castle by granting the City Council of New Castle the power to appoint two of the three Commissioners to serve on the Municipal Service Commission, with the incumbent Mayor as the third Commissioner. This Act also sets the terms of each appointed Commissioner to 4 years, and allows the City Administrator to serve as a substitute for the Mayor on the Commission in the Mayor's absence.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78758&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB145)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **391** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **201** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-05-20** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2021-06-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-07-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa8be2e-8256-49bf-9f45-1d4faf21a856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).