---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOUSTON."
description: "This Act amends the Town of Houston (“Town”) Charter to do all of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Delaware SB 171 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles S Postles Jr.", "David L. Wilson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-06-05"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acda9af9-36d3-493d-a8e2-2437858bad1b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142408"
source_hash: "227435fbc06c9fae96d1a3f960aa20598a505d5747687722828150f8e384bf09"
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 171 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOUSTON.

This Act amends the Town of Houston (“Town”) Charter to do all of the following:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-06-25** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-30** 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/acda9af9-36d3-493d-a8e2-2437858bad1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).