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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SMYRNA."
description: "This Act authorizes the Smyrna School District to convey to the Town of Smyrna property located in Kent County, and known as the School Administration Building, to be used by the Town for public purposes, including incorporating the building and property as part of the proposed Duck Creek Regional Library and Community Center at Smyrna."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Delaware HB 37 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Dave G. Lawson", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4127ba7d-e63f-42b2-b24a-b2b105b7a8cf"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25392"
source_hash: "144ae4771a898ae13416d0ae1ea251c21d51a6836f257e8cae20eebba8a7bdb5"
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 37 (149) — AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SMYRNA.
This Act authorizes the Smyrna School District to convey to the Town of Smyrna property located in Kent County, and known as the School Administration Building, to be used by the Town for public purposes, including incorporating the building and property as part of the proposed Duck Creek Regional Library and Community Center at Smyrna.
## 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=25392&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB37)
## Votes
- 3/4 — **410** (pass) · lower
- 3/4 — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Bethany A. Hall-Long — cosponsor (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-17** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** ReAssigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-01-19** ReAssigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-13** 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/4127ba7d-e63f-42b2-b24a-b2b105b7a8cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).