republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-168.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO TRANSFER LAND BETWEEN THE TOWN OF SMYRNA AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE.	This Act allows for the transfer of a particular parcel of land in Smyrna along Route 13. In the 147th General Assembly, the State was allowed to transfer this parcel of land, where a fire tower once stood, to the Town of Smyrna, but the land could only ever be used for a public purpose. The parcel in question is surrounded on both sides by parcels owned by the same private citizen. The Town and the private citizen wish to exchange their respective parcels so that the private citizen’s two parcels are thereafter contiguous. Because the land reverts to the ownership of the State if it ever stops being used for a public purpose, the Town cannot deed the land to the private individual. Therefore, this Act allows the State to receive the parcel from the Town and to then re-convey it to the Town without the requirement that it be forever used for a public purpose. The reconveyance will, however, allow the State to put an antenna on any water tower that the Town may build on the parcel or an adjacent parcel.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 168	Delaware SB 168 (150)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis William J. Carson	1	7	2	2019-06-19	2019-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/385c35d7-6b4f-407f-80d5-3c8146b9d774	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47763	9f287832a639bd8ce768f887bb085743bc5dfa97032632cd6da0a4e2d81d3564	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 168 (150) — AN ACT TO TRANSFER LAND BETWEEN THE TOWN OF SMYRNA AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

This Act allows for the transfer of a particular parcel of land in Smyrna along Route 13. In the 147th General Assembly, the State was allowed to transfer this parcel of land, where a fire tower once stood, to the Town of Smyrna, but the land could only ever be used for a public purpose. The parcel in question is surrounded on both sides by parcels owned by the same private citizen. The Town and the private citizen wish to exchange their respective parcels so that the private citizen’s two parcels are thereafter contiguous. Because the land reverts to the ownership of the State if it ever stops being used for a public purpose, the Town cannot deed the land to the private individual. Therefore, this Act allows the State to receive the parcel from the Town and to then re-convey it to the Town without the requirement that it be forever used for a public purpose. The reconveyance will, however, allow the State to put an antenna on any water tower that the Town may build on the parcel or an adjacent parcel.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-19 Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-26 Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/385c35d7-6b4f-407f-80d5-3c8146b9d774. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).