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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGING CANDIDACY TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE."
+description: "This Act eliminates the ability of a candidate to change their candidacy to become a candidate for a different office after the deadline for notification of candidacy has passed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 29"
+citation: "Delaware HB 29 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David L. Wilson", "Michael F. Smith", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-12-11"
+last_action: "2021-09-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee8b8862-a0f1-4d6d-a29e-e3f1498164e2"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48212"
+source_hash: "deb0163dc178a7d2509fd175d8b1c4699d1dcae9815c60d7d571c9e64be92dbe"
+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 29 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGING CANDIDACY TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE.
+
+This Act eliminates the ability of a candidate to change their candidacy to become a candidate for a different office after the deadline for notification of candidacy has passed.
+
+## 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=48212&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB29)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-11** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-22** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2021-04-22** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
+- **2021-09-15** 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/ee8b8862-a0f1-4d6d-a29e-e3f1498164e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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