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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 194"
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citation: "Delaware SB 194 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B. Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-22"
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last_action: "2021-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637d3f72-ebae-4faa-a09f-338a35792b81"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78966"
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source_hash: "234d5899e004d679d8c88fbd301363ed397d6ff33dc78e409554a1ce89818f0f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# 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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78966&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB194)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78989&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-06-23** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 194 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 194 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/637d3f72-ebae-4faa-a09f-338a35792b81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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