---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION."
description: "This bill changes the time of school board and school referendum election from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 363"
citation: "Delaware HB 363 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Walsh", "Kimberly Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-29"
last_action: "2018-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/579fde93-8115-4c41-aa20-8cbd0c6edf1c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26456"
source_hash: "f953fe7fa381507d1323eb39e0adaea33745cf99509e1f5f5ad79e5f11c26ec8"
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 363 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION.

This bill changes the time of school board and school referendum election from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

## 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=26456&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB363)

## Votes

- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-29** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 363 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Amendment HA 1 to HB 363 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-11** 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/579fde93-8115-4c41-aa20-8cbd0c6edf1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).