republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-396.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS AND THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS.	This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Delmar in multiple respects. In Section 7 of the Charter, which involves Nominations and Elections, every person over the age of 18 years who has resided in the town for 30 days prior to the election will be permitted to vote in the election, as opposed to the previous six-month residency requirement. The Town of Delmar will also adopt the State's Voter Registration System as the source of its list of registered voters but reserves the right to deny any names from the list of voters who have moved from the Town, no longer own property within the Town, or are otherwise disqualified from voting. Section 24 of the Charter is also amended to raise the permissible bond amount to be authorized via resolution by Town Council from one million to 10 million dollars.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 396	Delaware HB 396 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Timothy D. Dukes	1	7	2	2024-05-14	2024-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/006c31a7-2039-48c9-9738-2f886d289f61	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141365	0ef14be2bfa1ad6f7b2907938a5dade2680d4a251d5eabcee86fdf304fa767cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 396 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS AND THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS.

This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Delmar in multiple respects. In Section 7 of the Charter, which involves Nominations and Elections, every person over the age of 18 years who has resided in the town for 30 days prior to the election will be permitted to vote in the election, as opposed to the previous six-month residency requirement. The Town of Delmar will also adopt the State's Voter Registration System as the source of its list of registered voters but reserves the right to deny any names from the list of voters who have moved from the Town, no longer own property within the Town, or are otherwise disqualified from voting. Section 24 of the Charter is also amended to raise the permissible bond amount to be authorized via resolution by Town Council from one million to 10 million dollars.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-05-14 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/006c31a7-2039-48c9-9738-2f886d289f61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).