City of Wilmington/Property Conveyances.
SB 203 amends the City of Wilmington's charter to clarify and expand the city's authority to sell, exchange, or transfer real property while attaching restrictions. It allows the City Council to impose covenants, conditions, or restrictions on property sales to align with city policies or plans, including requiring detailed development proposals from bidders. The bill mandates public notice of proposed transactions at least 10 days before a council vote and requires resolutions authorizing all such sales. This directly affects the City of Wilmington's process for managing public property sales but does not change existing state law governing municipal property transactions.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025
Last action Jun 17, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill amends the City of Wilmington's Charter to update the legal citation for the charter section being modified and removes sponsor information that was present in the previous version. The substantive policy content regarding property conveyance restrictions remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the bill header and version number.
TECHNICAL
Updated the legal citation reference from Chapter 615 of the 1991 Session Laws to include Chapter 495 of the 1977 Session Laws as the original source of Section 13.8 of the Wilmington Charter.
Removed sponsor names (Senators Lee and Rabon) and the committee referral information from the bill header.
Added 'House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/17/25' designation to indicate this is a revised version approved by the House Committee.
Changed page numbering from 1 to 2 in the header section.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Jun 17, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Jun 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
May 27, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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