---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL."
description: "This act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel so that the Mayor and members of the Town Council are only paid for meetings which they attend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Delaware HB 191 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-01"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d3a9e4-8cd7-4a38-be0a-207bda418195"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25839"
source_hash: "040034a552a8b9a0f1ec872133d843f596f8688c318033fd56bf8c794c791df5"
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 191 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL.

This act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel so that the Mayor and members of the Town Council are only paid for meetings which they attend.

## 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=25839&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB191)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-08-30** 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/68d3a9e4-8cd7-4a38-be0a-207bda418195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).