republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-58.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE NEWARK CITY CHARTER RELATING TO THE CITY’S ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY AND INCUR INDEBTEDNESS.	This Act amends the City of Newark Charter. Specifically, this Act increases the amount the City can borrow for municipal improvements that are directly assessed against adjoining owners of property from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This Act also exempts any short or long-term debt incurred from receipt of government revolving loan funds from the special referendum requirements set forth in the City Charter. This would allow Council to approve such borrowing directly and would eliminate the cost and time associated with holding a referendum.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 58	Delaware HB 58 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Paul S. Baumbach	1	7	2	2023-01-26	2023-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/93e80509-f58e-43a8-9889-2a85e4260d77	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129989	91ccdf7bd582cffc9da1e76fb9648c1c09b6d9caed69aff4426b41c3a9478198	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 58 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE NEWARK CITY CHARTER RELATING TO THE CITY’S ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY AND INCUR INDEBTEDNESS.

This Act amends the City of Newark Charter. Specifically, this Act increases the amount the City can borrow for municipal improvements that are directly assessed against adjoining owners of property from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This Act also exempts any short or long-term debt incurred from receipt of government revolving loan funds from the special referendum requirements set forth in the City Charter. This would allow Council to approve such borrowing directly and would eliminate the cost and time associated with holding a referendum.

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 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-26 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-03-09 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-03-09 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-03-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-03-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93e80509-f58e-43a8-9889-2a85e4260d77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).