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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCILMAN AND THE MANNER OF HOLDING BIANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION."
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description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to include in the qualifications for Mayor and Town Councilman, that candidates must be non-delinquent tax payers of all capitation and property taxes of the Town of Laurel for at least 1 year next preceding election; and to eliminate the need for residents to register separately with the Town of Laurel and the Town will utilize the State of Delaware Department of Elections Voter Registration Rolls."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 137"
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citation: "Delaware HB 137 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-26"
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last_action: "2021-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91ca837e-34eb-47fc-9651-f8881a41142c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48514"
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source_hash: "f670a8c44d9751eb4955e1e1f55ad5a9088be3712a90f71c1d45adc2a662bcd1"
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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 137 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCILMAN AND THE MANNER OF HOLDING BIANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to include in the qualifications for Mayor and Town Councilman, that candidates must be non-delinquent tax payers of all capitation and property taxes of the Town of Laurel for at least 1 year next preceding election; and to eliminate the need for residents to register separately with the Town of Laurel and the Town will utilize the State of Delaware Department of Elections Voter Registration Rolls.
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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=48514&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB137)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=58588&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-26** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 137 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-27** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 137 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-17** 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/91ca837e-34eb-47fc-9651-f8881a41142c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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