---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY IMPROVED USING FUNDS FROM THE DELAWARE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION TRUST FUND FROM THE CITY OF DOVER TO CAPITOL BAPTIST CHURCH."
description: "This Act provides the authorization required by law for the City of Dover to transfer a portion of Mayfair Park, as the Park was improved using funds from the Delaware Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Delaware SB 173 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Brian J. Bushweller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-18"
last_action: "2018-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33b0e2af-67c6-4c1d-a41f-78435664b868"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26487"
source_hash: "6999305f794a227281cd92db3edc9e2e3a618b3bf52303603a5d5014016342cc"
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 SB 173 (149) — AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY IMPROVED USING FUNDS FROM THE DELAWARE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION TRUST FUND FROM THE CITY OF DOVER TO CAPITOL BAPTIST CHURCH.

This Act provides the authorization required by law for the City of Dover to transfer a portion of Mayfair Park, as the Park was improved using funds from the Delaware Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund.

## 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=26487&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB173)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-09-04** 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/33b0e2af-67c6-4c1d-a41f-78435664b868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).