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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS."
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description: "This Act amends the City of Seaford Charter to remove the section regarding Fire Department Appropriations, specifically, the City Council's authority to set aside or appropriate up to ten percent of real estate taxes to provide for and maintain the equipment of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Department. It also removes the obligation of the President of the Fire Department to submit an annual report to the City Council."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 398"
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citation: "Delaware HB 398 (152)"
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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", "Daniel B. Short"]
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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: "2024-05-15"
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last_action: "2024-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1843717-dcbe-4927-ba67-3ed104308acf"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141393"
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source_hash: "cd746314341589ec015b8734964e9ec27aa2b95d1f081e3c95f0cbe79dd76ce7"
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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 398 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SEAFORD RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
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This Act amends the City of Seaford Charter to remove the section regarding Fire Department Appropriations, specifically, the City Council's authority to set aside or appropriate up to ten percent of real estate taxes to provide for and maintain the equipment of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Department. It also removes the obligation of the President of the Fire Department to submit an annual report to the City Council.
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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=141393&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB398)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (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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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-15** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-10-09** 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/c1843717-dcbe-4927-ba67-3ed104308acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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