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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
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description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Georgetown to more closely align with State municipal election requirements. This Act also adjusts the timing for the filing of Statements of Candidacy to be reflective of and in alignment with other timelines. This Act modernizes notice requirements to utilize the Town website, which will provide broader notice to the public. This Act also amends the procedure for handling an election resulting in a tie vote; a tie vote will be resolved by special election, rather than a decision by the Board of Elections, to promote a democratic resolution."
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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 41"
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citation: "Delaware SB 41 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Ruth Briggs King"]
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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: "2021-01-20"
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last_action: "2021-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d46a8fc-a005-44b2-8b5e-0571b738c84b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48306"
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source_hash: "cc2ad435cf5589f53e892d4b6e07d56fc050079c99370462f1e965aea1c5c5fe"
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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 41 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
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This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Georgetown to more closely align with State municipal election requirements. This Act also adjusts the timing for the filing of Statements of Candidacy to be reflective of and in alignment with other timelines. This Act modernizes notice requirements to utilize the Town website, which will provide broader notice to the public. This Act also amends the procedure for handling an election resulting in a tie vote; a tie vote will be resolved by special election, rather than a decision by the Board of Elections, to promote a democratic resolution.
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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=48306&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB41)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-20** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-03-17** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-26** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-03-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** 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/2d46a8fc-a005-44b2-8b5e-0571b738c84b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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