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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS. | This bill replaces the National Change of Address process with another non-discriminatory process of cancelling the registrations of persons who are no longer permanent residents of Delaware. It also gives the Department of Elections, instead of the State Board of Elections, the authority to cancel registrations of persons who authorize the cancellation of their registrations because they are no longer permanent residents of Delaware. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 138 | Delaware HB 138 (149) |
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1 | 9 | 2 | 2017-04-13 | 2017-08-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/e00c4dbe-51c0-494c-a237-8c8f1a13df20 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25644 | fc4a6c81e18e132db29f162f8bc0c3f8ac2c6a0e4d65c5f6b4d839fd92d92bea | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware HB 138 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
This bill replaces the National Change of Address process with another non-discriminatory process of cancelling the registrations of persons who are no longer permanent residents of Delaware. It also gives the Department of Elections, instead of the State Board of Elections, the authority to cancel registrations of persons who authorize the cancellation of their registrations because they are no longer permanent residents of Delaware.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — 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 Amendment HA 1 to HB 138 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2017-05-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 138 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-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/e00c4dbe-51c0-494c-a237-8c8f1a13df20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).