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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS"
+description: "This bill eliminates the conflict between Section 2047, which requires a voter to vote at the polling place where he or she currently resides, and Section 4941, which enables a voter to vote where he or she formerly resided."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 137"
+citation: "Delaware HB 137 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John J. Viola", "Nicole Poore"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-13"
+last_action: "2017-08-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b19bd311-9ede-43a2-8019-f816a4be3857"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25642"
+source_hash: "eff9113c532970f52025f01c32f78e4e6bb00d07895cd266007323c79808a50e"
+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 HB 137 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS
+
+This bill eliminates the conflict between Section 2047, which requires a voter to vote at the polling place where he or she currently resides, and Section 4941, which enables a voter to vote where he or she formerly resided.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25642&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB137)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John J. Viola — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-04-13** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-05-22** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-08-02** 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/b19bd311-9ede-43a2-8019-f816a4be3857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+