---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Milton. Specifically, this Act does all of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Delaware SB 174 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "Ernesto B. Lopez", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-08"
last_action: "2021-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2bafd9a-f6eb-44c4-86a4-bff823d647d3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78835"
source_hash: "6fb6c067a95cc71ff1120fdc48871c38ca85bb1355a139ccc6909e31f8e9c3a6"
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 174 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON.

This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Milton. Specifically, this Act does all of the following:

## 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=78835&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB174)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-18** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-15** 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/a2bafd9a-f6eb-44c4-86a4-bff823d647d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).