republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-253.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITORS.	This Act amends Section 3-701 of the City of Wilmington’s Charter to provide that, with the exception of the City Solicitor, all persons appointed to serve as attorneys in the law department shall attain tenure upon 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service and may not be removed from their positions except for just cause. The Wilmington Charter is also being amended to provide tenure status to attorneys who have already served 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 253	Delaware SB 253 (152)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride	1	7	2	2024-03-20	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/bc70a31c-011c-4dad-b61a-d8d3be379040	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141101	3a8c2587d168fd45ea95e6f1eeb28acf72ffd37dfbec26478806c6ec960e07f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 253 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITORS.

This Act amends Section 3-701 of the City of Wilmington’s Charter to provide that, with the exception of the City Solicitor, all persons appointed to serve as attorneys in the law department shall attain tenure upon 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service and may not be removed from their positions except for just cause. The Wilmington Charter is also being amended to provide tenure status to attorneys who have already served 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service.

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 — 19–1 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-20 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-04-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-02 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc70a31c-011c-4dad-b61a-d8d3be379040. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).