---
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).