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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY AND THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES."
description: "This Amendment to the Charter of the Town Of Millsboro, in Section 3, amends the process for the initiation of annexation proceedings by allowing a Petition to be reviewed by the Town Staff, to determine the Petition is complete and all required information is contained in the Petition, before being presented to the Town Council. The Town Council will also be included in appointing a Committee to investigate the possibility of annexation by Resolution, instead of solely being the function of the Mayor. It further amends Section 16 by requiring the President of the Town Council to appoint committees with the advice and consent of a majority of the Town Council members. It also clarifies that all members of the Town Council have the right to make recommendations regarding new committees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 41"
citation: "Delaware HB 41 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard G. Collins", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6600f4-1825-4ab9-819c-f85e00987b5c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141859"
source_hash: "226ba50b327aca4dd76a529d927ce509921dc0aa3c28ad25d5aa648a3f3dd934"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 41 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY AND THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.
This Amendment to the Charter of the Town Of Millsboro, in Section 3, amends the process for the initiation of annexation proceedings by allowing a Petition to be reviewed by the Town Staff, to determine the Petition is complete and all required information is contained in the Petition, before being presented to the Town Council. The Town Council will also be included in appointing a Committee to investigate the possibility of annexation by Resolution, instead of solely being the function of the Mayor. It further amends Section 16 by requiring the President of the Town Council to appoint committees with the advice and consent of a majority of the Town Council members. It also clarifies that all members of the Town Council have the right to make recommendations regarding new committees
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- 2/3 — **360** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-06** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f6600f4-1825-4ab9-819c-f85e00987b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).