---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
description: "This Act makes updates to Title 15 related to the efficient administration of elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 148"
citation: "Delaware HB 148 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David L. Wilson", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-11"
last_action: "2023-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe007b4a-e681-40b3-9d60-1e083f2328da"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130373"
source_hash: "46376f558000d34e543295ec5058d719bc273eebcac5ccc6edebc217a8abaa58"
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 148 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

This Act makes updates to Title 15 related to the efficient administration of 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=130373&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB148)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **32–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-11** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 7 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-07-21** 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/fe007b4a-e681-40b3-9d60-1e083f2328da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).