---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LEWES RELATING TO THE MANNER AND METHOD OF CONDUCTING ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND FISHING ALONG THE DELAWARE BAY SHORE."
description: "This Act amends the Charter for the City of Lewes by doing all of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Delaware SB 191 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Ernesto B. Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-21"
last_action: "2021-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01cd4c1e-0898-4fb9-beb1-35d6a4a36b5c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78944"
source_hash: "fa25ae135ff5c3780511144aef021d463cbdefaa2505408b655125c90f22ea55"
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 191 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LEWES RELATING TO THE MANNER AND METHOD OF CONDUCTING ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND FISHING ALONG THE DELAWARE BAY SHORE.

This Act amends the Charter for the City of Lewes by doing 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=78944&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB191)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-24** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/01cd4c1e-0898-4fb9-beb1-35d6a4a36b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).