---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMYRNA"
description: "This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Smyrna in the following ways:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Delaware HB 396 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-01"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aadc5cde-4942-46d2-801f-67002b51e0db"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26597"
source_hash: "b3fdaeab991f17f625843b2ec9f930a1e0a81d1e694a1a6cfd7bc22ccbe4378c"
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 396 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMYRNA

This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Smyrna in the following ways:

## 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=26597&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB396)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-01** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-05** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-05** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** 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/aadc5cde-4942-46d2-801f-67002b51e0db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).