---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON."
description: "This bill makes the following amendments to the Charter of the Town of Milton:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Delaware HB 121 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cde35d15-dc4c-4bef-bdba-6d3868876bc1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25585"
source_hash: "c42925e4a2da3365536064e25fad64fe6217288fc00f5aed730856990557091b"
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 121 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON.

This bill makes the following amendments to the Charter of the Town of Milton:

## 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=25585&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB121)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-04** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 121 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-01** Amendment HA 2 to HB 121 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 121 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-06** Amendment HA 2 to HB 121 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-17** 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/cde35d15-dc4c-4bef-bdba-6d3868876bc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).