---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ELLENDALE."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Ellendale in the following ways:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 459"
citation: "Delaware HB 459 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "David L. Wilson", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-07"
last_action: "2022-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/239d94e9-b6ea-4344-b2db-ccb75bf30b32"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=119623"
source_hash: "8572afbbd7de0ed027b3a1f9d0dc0b2bbee5cd723f60d5129b9de16e6aedaf61"
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 459 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ELLENDALE.

This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Ellendale 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=119623&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB459)
2. **HA 1 to HB 459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129665&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** Amendment HA 1 to HB 459 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 459 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-29** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-21** 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/239d94e9-b6ea-4344-b2db-ccb75bf30b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).