---
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, Section 1 of the Act allows for an exception to the lengthy annexation process for a contiguous property owner seeking annexation if the property is two acres or less. Section 2 of the Act then sets up that less cumbersome annexation process for properties two acres or less. Section 3 of the Act replaces the list of exceptions to competitive bidding with incorporation by reference of the more detailed Town of Milton Procurement Policy. Section 4 of the Act reinstates a prior limit on real property taxes to a function of the total of assessed values within the Town. Specifically, the “cap” is 0.5% of that total. Currently, the cap is a fixed number, $1,750,000. However, the Town has annexed into its limits a number of parcels that will necessarily require additional expenditures of Town funds for services such as policing and, therefore, the Town will need to collect additional real property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "Delaware HB 207 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "Russell Huxtable", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-06"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d7e2fd3-806f-40db-a57e-c645942fc718"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140521"
source_hash: "c383c9fdec14209f5083e2a7966186049675ef68e057e48687361f1b2600401d"
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 207 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON.

This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Milton. Specifically, Section 1 of the Act allows for an exception to the lengthy annexation process for a contiguous property owner seeking annexation if the property is two acres or less. Section 2 of the Act then sets up that less cumbersome annexation process for properties two acres or less. Section 3 of the Act replaces the list of exceptions to competitive bidding with incorporation by reference of the more detailed Town of Milton Procurement Policy. Section 4 of the Act reinstates a prior limit on real property taxes to a function of the total of assessed values within the Town. Specifically, the “cap” is 0.5% of that total. Currently, the cap is a fixed number, $1,750,000. However, the Town has annexed into its limits a number of parcels that will necessarily require additional expenditures of Town funds for services such as policing and, therefore, the Town will need to collect additional real property taxes.

## 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=140521&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB207)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-08-01** 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/0d7e2fd3-806f-40db-a57e-c645942fc718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).