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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
description: "This bill eliminates the outdated provisions relating to mobile registration while maintaining the right of any person to register to vote at any county office of the Department of Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Delaware HB 168 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-10"
last_action: "2017-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb4b820-e147-45ab-aaca-9f5c69394e69"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25750"
source_hash: "daaed76ee29a6cda04414ffaadfeece5739a23f78663ac6e6be692d89e967395"
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 168 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
This bill eliminates the outdated provisions relating to mobile registration while maintaining the right of any person to register to vote at any county office of the Department of Elections.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=25750&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB168)
## Votes
- SM — **170** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-27** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-08-02** 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/ccb4b820-e147-45ab-aaca-9f5c69394e69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).