---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOURS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS."
description: "House Bill No. 363, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, of the 149th General Assembly changed the time that polls open for school board and school referendum elections to 7:00 a.m from prior time of 10:00 a.m. There are several sections of Title 14 that govern the hours that polls are open for elections under Title 14 and House Bill No. 363 did not include a revision to the hours listed in § 1907 of Title 14. This Act makes the technical correction to § 1907 of Title 14 so that it is consistent with the sections of Title 14 that were revised by House Bill No 363."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 11"
citation: "Delaware HB 11 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kimberly Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8015ec56-8336-4e85-8888-782f29acf5ea"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27038"
source_hash: "3cb46862b46d4445a429b855a3f66a07923c27cf473b2775c3fa63a5d1871dff"
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 11 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOURS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS.

House Bill No. 363, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, of the 149th General Assembly changed the time that polls open for school board and school referendum elections to 7:00 a.m from prior time of 10:00 a.m. There are several sections of Title 14 that govern the hours that polls are open for elections under Title 14 and House Bill No. 363 did not include a revision to the hours listed in § 1907 of Title 14. This Act makes the technical correction to § 1907 of Title 14 so that it is consistent with the sections of Title 14 that were revised by House Bill No 363.

## 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=27038&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB11)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-13** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-03-13** 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/8015ec56-8336-4e85-8888-782f29acf5ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).