---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TOWNSEND RELATING TO TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS."
description: "This Act amends the Town of Townsend Charter to provide the Town with some flexibility in scheduling its meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Delaware HB 269 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Jeffrey N. Spiegelman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5b5ed8-9c3a-4f92-b7b2-24b7e02705a8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79047"
source_hash: "035b1cd4e057555aec75779146cf9be590698d233db7b3fb6e22f51044c494e9"
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 269 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TOWNSEND RELATING TO TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS.

This Act amends the Town of Townsend Charter to provide the Town with some flexibility in scheduling its meetings.

## 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=79047&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB269)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-12** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-01-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-01-13** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-02-07** 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/2c5b5ed8-9c3a-4f92-b7b2-24b7e02705a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).