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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TOWNSEND."
+description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Townsend in the following ways:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 139"
+citation: "Delaware HB 139 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey N. Spiegelman", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-05"
+last_action: "2023-08-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fae1f27-c00f-4d17-8f06-0df989a86e9b"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130326"
+source_hash: "d7b6e60800b4408f343a88334e200f0f802974b3c8847bed539fffa5d8c8d9ce"
+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 139 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TOWNSEND.
+
+This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Townsend in the following ways:
+
+## 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=130326&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB139)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140592&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-05** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-06-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 139 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-22** Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-08-31** 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/2fae1f27-c00f-4d17-8f06-0df989a86e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+