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DE HB 24

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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.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Description

This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Delmar in multiple respects. In Section 7 of the Charter, which involves Nominations and Elections, every person over the age of 18 years who has resided in the town for 30 days prior to the election will be permitted to vote in the election, as opposed to the previous six-month residency requirement. The Town of Delmar will also adopt the State's Voter Registration System as the source of its list of registered voters but reserves the right to deny any names from the list of voters who have moved from the Town, no longer own property within the Town, or are otherwise disqualified from voting. Section 24 of the Charter is also amended to raise the permissible bond amount to be authorized via resolution by Town Council from one million to 10 million dollars.

Introduced
2024-12-19
Status date
—
Latest action
2025-05-07 — Amendment SA 1 to HB 24 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bryant L. Richardsonprimary
  • Timothy D. Dukesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-19

    Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-22

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 24 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

    amendment-introduction

  3. 2025-01-22

    Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits

    committee-passage

  4. 2025-01-28

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 24 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

    amendment-passage

  5. 2025-01-28

    Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT

    passage

  6. 2025-01-28

    Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate

    introduction,referral-committee

  7. 2025-05-07

    Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits

    committee-passage

  8. 2025-05-07

    Amendment SA 1 to HB 24 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

    amendment-introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 2/3

    2025-01-28 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (41)
    • Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
    • Frank Burns: yes
    • William Bush: yes
    • William J. Carson: yes
    • Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
    • Richard G. Collins: yes
    • Franklin D. Cooke: yes
    • Daniel B. Short: yes
    • Timothy D. Dukes: yes
    • Mara Gorman: yes
    • Ronald E. Gray: yes
    • Krista Griffith: other
    • Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
    • Debra Heffernan: yes
    • Kevin S Hensley: yes
    • Jeff Hilovsky: yes
    • Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
    • Kendra Johnson: yes
    • Kimberly Williams: yes
    • Kamela T Smith: yes
    • Larry Lambert: yes
    • Sean M. Lynn: yes
    • Michael F. Smith: other
    • Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
    • Shannon Morris: yes
    • Eric Morrison: yes
    • DeShanna U Neal: yes
    • Josue O Ortega: yes
    • Edward S. Osienski: yes
    • Stell Parker Selby: other
    • Sophie Phillips: yes
    • Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
    • Cyndie Romer: yes
    • Melanie Ross Levin: yes
    • Sherae'a Moore: other
    • Bryan W. Shupe: yes
    • Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
    • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
    • Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
    • Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
    • Lyndon D. Yearick: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141711

Attribution

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