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HB 472 Delaware House · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026)

AN ACT RELATING TO THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF CHESWOLD.

Summary
This Act removes from the Town of Cheswold certain parcels of real property within the Nobles Pond development that are currently within the territorial limits of the Town of Cheswold. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a municipal charter, whether directly, by amendment to a specific municipality’s charter, or indirectly, by a general law.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jul 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Jun 10, 2026 Signed Jul 6, 2026
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What changed between versions

HA 1 to HB 472 → Bill Text · 3 edits
MINOR
The final bill text removes the specific 'AR - Agricultural Residential' zoning designation that was added in House Amendment 1, and deletes the July 1, 2026 effective date provision. All parcel identification numbers were corrected by adding a '01' suffix (changing endings from '-000' to '-00001'). The bill now simply states the removed parcels are governed by Kent County unincorporated area laws without specifying a zoning category.
SCOPE

Section 2 no longer assigns the specific 'AR - Agricultural Residential' zoning designation to the removed parcels. They are now only stated to be governed by laws applicable to other unincorporated areas of Kent County, leaving zoning to be determined under existing county ordinances rather than being fixed in this act.

TIMELINE

Section 3, which set a specific effective date of July 1, 2026, was deleted entirely. The act will now take effect upon standard enactment (governor's signature) rather than on a future date.

TECHNICAL

All parcel identification numbers in Section 1 were corrected by appending '01' to the end (e.g., changing '-000' to '-00001'), fixing what appears to have been an incomplete or incorrect parcel numbering format from the original bill.

Floor votes · House Jun 18, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jul 6, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jul 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT
upper
Jun 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 18, 2026
Introduced
Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Jun 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 472 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 18, 2026
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 472 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 10, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
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Bill Bush
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Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
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Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
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Bryant Richardson
RRepublican
DE
21
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Photo of Claire Snyder-Hall
Claire Snyder-Hall
DDemocratic
DE
14
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Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
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Dave Lawson
RRepublican
DE
15
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Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
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Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
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Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
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Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
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Josue Ortega
DDemocratic
DE
3
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Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
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Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
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Photo of Melanie Ross Levin
Melanie Ross Levin
DDemocratic
DE
10
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Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
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Photo of Ray Seigfried
Ray Seigfried
DDemocratic
DE
5
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Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
DE
6
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Photo of Spiros Mantzavinos
Spiros Mantzavinos
DDemocratic
DE
7
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Photo of Stell Selby
Stell Selby
DDemocratic
DE
20
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Photo of Trey Paradee
Trey Paradee
DDemocratic
DE
17