---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON RELATING TO CONTRACTS AND ENUMERATION OF POWERS."
description: "Section 1 of this bill amends the Charter of the Town of Milton relating to purchasing contracts. Specifically, the bill: raises the monetary thresholds to be more in line with the State of Delaware, Material and Non-Professional Service Purchase Thresholds, known as policy 5.3.1; clarifies that the Town need not competitively bid again if the results were unreasonable or not independently reached; and adds a new exclusion for purchases made pursuant to the State of Delaware procurement process or from a vendor on the General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 108"
citation: "Delaware HB 108 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c12438dd-546e-4b22-861e-7cae7c6531c5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47305"
source_hash: "8cf03753d0c82b07038a6ae054fdc1e8d3e3d5e056c65541220ac5ffc5d973b5"
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 108 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON RELATING TO CONTRACTS AND ENUMERATION OF POWERS.

Section 1 of this bill amends the Charter of the Town of Milton relating to purchasing contracts. Specifically, the bill: raises the monetary thresholds to be more in line with the State of Delaware, Material and Non-Professional Service Purchase Thresholds, known as policy 5.3.1; clarifies that the Town need not competitively bid again if the results were unreasonable or not independently reached; and adds a new exclusion for purchases made pursuant to the State of Delaware procurement process or from a vendor on the General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule.

## 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=47305&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB108)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-07-17** 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/c12438dd-546e-4b22-861e-7cae7c6531c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).