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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE NEWARK CITY CHARTER RELATING TO THE CITYS ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY AND INCUR INDEBTEDNESS."
description: "This Act amends the City of Newark Charter. Specifically, this Act increases the amount the City can borrow for municipal improvements that are directly assessed against adjoining owners of property from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This Act also exempts any short or long-term debt incurred from receipt of government revolving loan funds from the special referendum requirements set forth in the City Charter. This would allow Council to approve such borrowing directly and would eliminate the cost and time associated with holding a referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 58"
citation: "Delaware HB 58 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e80509-f58e-43a8-9889-2a85e4260d77"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129989"
source_hash: "91ccdf7bd582cffc9da1e76fb9648c1c09b6d9caed69aff4426b41c3a9478198"
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 58 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE NEWARK CITY CHARTER RELATING TO THE CITYS ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY AND INCUR INDEBTEDNESS.
This Act amends the City of Newark Charter. Specifically, this Act increases the amount the City can borrow for municipal improvements that are directly assessed against adjoining owners of property from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This Act also exempts any short or long-term debt incurred from receipt of government revolving loan funds from the special referendum requirements set forth in the City Charter. This would allow Council to approve such borrowing directly and would eliminate the cost and time associated with holding a referendum.
## 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=129989&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB58)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **200** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-03-22** 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/93e80509-f58e-43a8-9889-2a85e4260d77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).