AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Summary
This bill imposes a filing fee on write-in candidates of $1,000.00 for federal office and $100.00 for statewide or local office and changes the deadline for write-in candidates to file their declaration and filing fee from September 30 to September 1.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 27, 2017
Last action May 22, 2017
Floor votes · House May 18, 2017
How they voted
33–5
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 41
May 18, 2017
D
Democratic25
84% Yea
R
Republican16
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Amendments
2
May 22, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
May 18, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
lower
May 16, 2017
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 136 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
May 16, 2017
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 136 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
May 10, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
lower
Apr 27, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
Co
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
Co
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
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