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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK."
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description: "This Act amends the municipal Charter of the City of Newark to permit the City of Newark to provide sanitary sewer service to properties outside of the Newark corporate limits without annexing these properties. Under this Act, sewer services may be provided to properties outside of the Newark corporate limits at the request of the property owner and if approved by New Castle County and the City of Newark."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 159"
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citation: "Delaware HB 159 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "John A. Kowalko", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
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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: "2019-05-30"
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last_action: "2019-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b05960c-6f78-4c41-ac53-72d046d4ea2e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47528"
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source_hash: "7d50c2565afe150d4cf6fe8c5ddab4baa202003e60b6568fefd86213811dd93f"
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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 HB 159 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK.
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This Act amends the municipal Charter of the City of Newark to permit the City of Newark to provide sanitary sewer service to properties outside of the Newark corporate limits without annexing these properties. Under this Act, sewer services may be provided to properties outside of the Newark corporate limits at the request of the property owner and if approved by New Castle County and the City of Newark.
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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=47528&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB159)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-30** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-05** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-07-17** 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/8b05960c-6f78-4c41-ac53-72d046d4ea2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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