---
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).