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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITORS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 253"
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citation: "Delaware SB 253 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-20"
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last_action: "2024-08-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc70a31c-011c-4dad-b61a-d8d3be379040"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141101"
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source_hash: "3a8c2587d168fd45ea95e6f1eeb28acf72ffd37dfbec26478806c6ec960e07f0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 253 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITORS.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141101&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB253)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-20** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-05-02** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-08-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc70a31c-011c-4dad-b61a-d8d3be379040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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