AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.
Summary
This Act is identical to Senate Bill No. 127 from the 149th General Assembly, which was passed by the Senate and reported out of the House Administration Committee. This Act corrects an inadvertent error in Delaware law that has permitted people younger than 18 years of age to vote in final-stage elections. People must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible to vote in a final-stage election such as general elections, special elections, school board elections, and school district referendums. However, people younger than 18 years of age can vote in any preliminary election, such as primary elections, if they will be 18 years of age at the time of the final-stage election.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Jan 15, 2019
Signed Aug 12, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 30, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Aug 12, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Mar 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
lower
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jan 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
4 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
P
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
P
EG
Earl G. Jaques Jr.
DDemocratic
P
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
Co
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
Co
CC
Catherine Cloutier
RRepublican
Co
Dave Lawson
RRepublican
Co
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Gerald Hocker
RRepublican
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
Co
Lyndon Yearick
RRepublican
Co
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
Co
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
DDemocratic
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