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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS."
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description: "The bill amends the Charter of the City of Newark by changing the timeline for special elections from no less than 30 and no more than 60 days after a vacancy occurs to no less than 60 and no more than 90 days after a vacancy. In addition, the bill sets the filing deadline for special elections at 29 days prior to the election."
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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 268"
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citation: "Delaware HB 268 (151)"
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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: "2021-12-16"
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last_action: "2022-02-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/759b0dd7-7037-47cc-81ef-222ddd656988"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79042"
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source_hash: "f6b24716f8d385920387f5c2f83b1908fb8377a5fde858e7485af0a2162cdc12"
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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 268 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWARK RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.
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The bill amends the Charter of the City of Newark by changing the timeline for special elections from no less than 30 and no more than 60 days after a vacancy occurs to no less than 60 and no more than 90 days after a vacancy. In addition, the bill sets the filing deadline for special elections at 29 days prior to the election.
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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=79042&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB268)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-12-16** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-11** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-27** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-02-07** 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/759b0dd7-7037-47cc-81ef-222ddd656988`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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