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HB 38 Delaware House · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARLY VOTING.

Summary
This Act establishes in-person early voting in Delaware beginning January 1, 2022. Registered voters will be allowed to vote in-person during at least 10 days before an election, up to and including the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the election at locations determined by the State Election Commissioner. This Act also charges the State Election Commissioner with determining whether such voting should occur by voting machine or paper ballot. All other procedures relating to conducting voting are the same as for general election voting. Further, this Act requires that for statewide elections there must be at least 1 in-person polling place in each county, and an additional location in the City of Wilmington.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Jan 16, 2019 Signed Jun 30, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 19, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jun 30, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Apr 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
upper
Mar 27, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 19, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 38 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 38 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Mar 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
5 primary · 17 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
EG
Earl G. Jaques Jr.
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19