---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SLAUGHTER BEACH."
description: "This Act authorizes the Town of Slaughter Beach to acquire real and personal property located inside and outside the boundaries of the Town of Slaughter Beach."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Delaware SB 196 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "David L. Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-19"
last_action: "2020-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca942310-e441-45de-bdc0-d2bc8ebd4a8a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47913"
source_hash: "83598b6bcfee1d400fa5e86e3c19aef6712fb7c4516808cebe8b61ad98e03683"
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 196 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SLAUGHTER BEACH.

This Act authorizes the Town of Slaughter Beach to acquire real and personal property located inside and outside the boundaries of the Town of Slaughter Beach.

## 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=47913&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB196)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-19** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-01-22** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-10** 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/ca942310-e441-45de-bdc0-d2bc8ebd4a8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).