republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-194.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF LEWES RELATING TO UTILITY SERVICE EXTENSION AND THE POWER TO SUE AND BE SUED.	The Delaware General Assembly incorporated the Board of Public Works of the City of Lewes (the “BPW”) in 1901 when it, separate from the Charter adopted for the City of Lewes, enacted the Charter of the BPW and empowered it to establish, control, and regulate the utility system for the City of Lewes.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 194	Delaware SB 194 (151)	bill		enacted	Ernesto B. Lopez Peter C. Schwartzkopf	2	10	2	2021-06-22	2021-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/637d3f72-ebae-4faa-a09f-338a35792b81	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78966	234d5899e004d679d8c88fbd301363ed397d6ff33dc78e409554a1ce89818f0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 194 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF LEWES RELATING TO UTILITY SERVICE EXTENSION AND THE POWER TO SUE AND BE SUED.

The Delaware General Assembly incorporated the Board of Public Works of the City of Lewes (the “BPW”) in 1901 when it, separate from the Charter adopted for the City of Lewes, enacted the Charter of the BPW and empowered it to establish, control, and regulate the utility system for the City of Lewes.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 194 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-06-23 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 Amendment SA 1 to SB 194 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-23 Amendment SA 1 to SB 194 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-23 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 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; origin ocd-bill/637d3f72-ebae-4faa-a09f-338a35792b81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).