---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SLAUGHTER BEACH RELATING TO ANNEXATION"
description: "This Act creates an annexation process for the Town of Slaughter Beach to extend its boundaries in accordance with § 101 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 316"
citation: "Delaware SB 316 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "David L. Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-06"
last_action: "2024-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3416dd3b-d808-4688-bac5-3b384092952c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141491"
source_hash: "d5d12748911550d02e962c1c2b8239e12ccf63e9787961cd60bbf460836d6e49"
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 SB 316 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SLAUGHTER BEACH RELATING TO ANNEXATION

This Act creates an annexation process for the Town of Slaughter Beach to extend its boundaries in accordance with § 101 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code.

## 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=141491&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB316)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-08-29** 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/3416dd3b-d808-4688-bac5-3b384092952c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).