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HB 400 Delaware House · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

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

Summary
This bill provides for election day registration for presidential primary, primary, special, and general elections whereas currently the deadline is the fourth Saturday prior to the date of the election. Moreover, same day registration at polling places will be permitted with submission of valid government issued identification or other generally accepted proof of identification.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
House Passage
Jun 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 2, 2018 Last action Jun 21, 2018
Floor votes · House Jun 21, 2018

How they voted

22–18
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 41
Jun 21, 2018
D Democratic25
22 Yea 2 Nay 1
88% Yea
R Republican16
16 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jun 21, 2018
Introduced
Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 21, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 18 NO 1 ABSENT
lower
May 9, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
lower
May 2, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
P
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
DE
2
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
CP
Charles Potter Jr.
DDemocratic
DE
1
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
JJ
James Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19