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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DEWEY BEACH."
description: "This Act is a comprehensive update to the Charter of Dewey Beach that makes both substantive and technical revisions to diminish instances of ambiguous language and eliminate the use of archaic terms and duplicative provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Delaware SB 173 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B. Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-08"
last_action: "2021-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f971762-0196-4102-82de-ec5bd4bf4cc3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78833"
source_hash: "0e5684883f388e2797514f69711f70207d043cc453fd7ebb5c9578ca0df0cb04"
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 173 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DEWEY BEACH.
This Act is a comprehensive update to the Charter of Dewey Beach that makes both substantive and technical revisions to diminish instances of ambiguous language and eliminate the use of archaic terms and duplicative provisions.
## 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=78833&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB173)
2. **SA 1 to SB 173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78934&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Amendment SA 1 to SB 173 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-17** Amendment SA 1 to SB 173 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-18** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **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/8f971762-0196-4102-82de-ec5bd4bf4cc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).