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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS."
+description: "This amendment removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots in municipal elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 403"
+citation: "Delaware HB 403 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-05-08"
+last_action: "2018-09-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509b124a-33d7-4728-85b9-4c27fe93a5db"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26638"
+source_hash: "5721a7b79a020d9f9551521f3ba5959072fe4b5c3e5f3df5ce7bdabc0fd34811"
+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 403 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
+
+This amendment removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots in municipal elections.
+
+## 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=26638&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB403)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 403 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2018-09-04** 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/509b124a-33d7-4728-85b9-4c27fe93a5db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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