republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-403.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.	This amendment removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots in municipal elections.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 403	Delaware HB 403 (149)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Lyndon D. Yearick Paul S. Baumbach	1	7	2	2018-05-08	2018-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/509b124a-33d7-4728-85b9-4c27fe93a5db	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26638	5721a7b79a020d9f9551521f3ba5959072fe4b5c3e5f3df5ce7bdabc0fd34811	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 403 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

This amendment removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots in municipal elections.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-08 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 403 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-01 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-09-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/509b124a-33d7-4728-85b9-4c27fe93a5db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).