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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS."
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description: "This amendment removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots in municipal elections."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 403"
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citation: "Delaware HB 403 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-05-08"
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last_action: "2018-09-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509b124a-33d7-4728-85b9-4c27fe93a5db"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26638"
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source_hash: "5721a7b79a020d9f9551521f3ba5959072fe4b5c3e5f3df5ce7bdabc0fd34811"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 403 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
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This amendment removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots in municipal elections.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26638&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB403)
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## Votes
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- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 403 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-09-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509b124a-33d7-4728-85b9-4c27fe93a5db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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