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Bill	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.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 137	Delaware HB 137 (149)	bill		enacted	John J. Viola Nicole Poore	1	7	2	2017-04-13	2017-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b19bd311-9ede-43a2-8019-f816a4be3857	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25642	eff9113c532970f52025f01c32f78e4e6bb00d07895cd266007323c79808a50e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/b19bd311-9ede-43a2-8019-f816a4be3857. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).