---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
description: "This bill allows the election cycle regarding contributions from political parties and political action committees to reset after the Primary Election as it does for other contributors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Delaware HB 139 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-13"
last_action: "2017-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcd830a4-d85a-4c55-be28-ca6450eb6b47"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25645"
source_hash: "9eda68e6f407e3e450dcd997c95bd299fc8a4565e7f044d05392374df8bb35e4"
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 139 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

This bill allows the election cycle regarding contributions from political parties and political action committees to reset after the Primary Election as it does for other contributors.

## 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=25645&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB139)

## Votes

- SM — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **24–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — 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`
- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 16 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 4 NOT VOTING 3 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/dcd830a4-d85a-4c55-be28-ca6450eb6b47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).