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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY."
description: "This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 changes the maximum repayment term from ten (10) to twenty (20) years for the financing of a capital asset. This change allows for a greater range of borrowing term options for the Citys consideration. Section 2 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Secretary. Section 3 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Treasurer. The changes in Sections 2 and 3 allow for improved transparency and separation of duties within the Citys government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 316"
citation: "Delaware HB 316 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0a0dcb1-fc0f-42d1-9985-0cb3e164c86a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26321"
source_hash: "893404c6bc74bef47914a3f9719a36c32164030b4ccab4a0b9630f7271ee3252"
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 316 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE CITY.
This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 changes the maximum repayment term from ten (10) to twenty (20) years for the financing of a capital asset. This change allows for a greater range of borrowing term options for the Citys consideration. Section 2 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Secretary. Section 3 changes the responsibilities and duties of the City Treasurer. The changes in Sections 2 and 3 allow for improved transparency and separation of duties within the Citys government.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26321&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB316)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **200** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **380** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-01** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to HB 316 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-01** 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/e0a0dcb1-fc0f-42d1-9985-0cb3e164c86a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).