republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-398.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS.	This Act amends the City of Seaford Charter to remove the section regarding Fire Department Appropriations, specifically, the City Council's authority to set aside or appropriate up to ten percent of real estate taxes to provide for and maintain the equipment of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Department. It also removes the obligation of the President of the Fire Department to submit an annual report to the City Council.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 398	Delaware HB 398 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short	1	7	2	2024-05-15	2024-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/c1843717-dcbe-4927-ba67-3ed104308acf	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141393	cd746314341589ec015b8734964e9ec27aa2b95d1f081e3c95f0cbe79dd76ce7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 398 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS.

This Act amends the City of Seaford Charter to remove the section regarding Fire Department Appropriations, specifically, the City Council's authority to set aside or appropriate up to ten percent of real estate taxes to provide for and maintain the equipment of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Department. It also removes the obligation of the President of the Fire Department to submit an annual report to the City Council.

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

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-15 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
• 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1843717-dcbe-4927-ba67-3ed104308acf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).