---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BOWERS."
description: "Section 1 authorizes the disinterested members of the Town Council to determine if a council member meets the qualifications to be on council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Delaware HB 388 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles S Postles Jr.", "Colin Bonini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-26"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec616c4a-70d2-4e4f-997d-44e7b248da8b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26569"
source_hash: "c369794b60e0d464232b0f29a75690d7715b55b06de3c254c076bb7f861254da"
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 388 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BOWERS.

Section 1 authorizes the disinterested members of the Town Council to determine if a council member meets the qualifications to be on council.

## 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=26569&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB388)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
- Colin Bonini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-26** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-08** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 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/ec616c4a-70d2-4e4f-997d-44e7b248da8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).