republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-142.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY RELATING TO VACANCIES AND FORFEITURE OF OFFICE.	This Act amends the Charter of Delaware City, providing for use of a special election to fill vacancies in the office of Councilperson. Specifically, the Act authorizes the Mayor, within 14 days of the vacancy, to set a date for a special election and notify the Department of Elections of the same.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 142	Delaware SB 142 (152)	bill		enacted	Nicole Poore Trey Paradee	1	7	2	2023-05-19	2023-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f6d53f8a-cc0d-446a-8e15-01af6799d33f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140449	a2085051c0ed99ac1c223e1d850e0067f3b5ec8649668c32c881913769ca92a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 142 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY RELATING TO VACANCIES AND FORFEITURE OF OFFICE.

This Act amends the Charter of Delaware City, providing for use of a special election to fill vacancies in the office of Councilperson. Specifically, the Act authorizes the Mayor, within 14 days of the vacancy, to set a date for a special election and notify the Department of Elections of the same.

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 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-19 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-06-08 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-15 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6d53f8a-cc0d-446a-8e15-01af6799d33f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).