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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS AND THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS."
description: "This Act updates the Town of Delmar's Charter as follows: 1) changes the time period in which a candidate must notify the town manager of their candidacy from 10 to 30 days, 2) updates a portion of the charter that was intended to be updated in HB 396 of the 152nd general assembly to increase Delmar's bonding limit from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000, 3) updates the language describing the circumstances in which a voter may be denied to include no longer being a resident of Delmar or other disqualification as described within Delmar's Charter, and 4) changes the word \"biannually\" to \"biennially\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Delaware SB 195 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-25"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25f25871-faa6-4b76-bb7a-109e9b967bd1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142632"
source_hash: "2a5eb507d52927afaabe3812fd12237b95a672bddcfeca5814423587a92d599c"
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 SB 195 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS AND THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS.
This Act updates the Town of Delmar's Charter as follows: 1) changes the time period in which a candidate must notify the town manager of their candidacy from 10 to 30 days, 2) updates a portion of the charter that was intended to be updated in HB 396 of the 152nd general assembly to increase Delmar's bonding limit from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000, 3) updates the language describing the circumstances in which a voter may be denied to include no longer being a resident of Delmar or other disqualification as described within Delmar's Charter, and 4) changes the word "biannually" to "biennially".
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-25** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-06-26** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-06-26** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-06-27** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-30** 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/25f25871-faa6-4b76-bb7a-109e9b967bd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).