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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARLY VOTING.	This Act establishes in-person early voting in Delaware beginning January 1, 2022. Registered voters will be allowed to vote in-person during at least 10 days before an election, up to and including the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the election at locations determined by the State Election Commissioner.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 38	Delaware HB 38 (150)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Stephanie L. Hansen	2	9	2	2019-01-16	2019-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d14af65c-5c08-4d19-8d74-d71bd1e00d53	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=37089	db2d06662c32ddf927033d40913e5450246d40407b0a5a9118f6d57e51ccf884	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 38 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARLY VOTING.

This Act establishes in-person early voting in Delaware beginning January 1, 2022. Registered voters will be allowed to vote in-person during at least 10 days before an election, up to and including the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the election at locations determined by the State Election Commissioner.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 38 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 34–6 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 16–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-16 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-03-19 Amendment HA 1 to HB 38 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-19 Amendment HA 1 to HB 38 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-19 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-03-19 Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-04-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO passage
• 2019-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d14af65c-5c08-4d19-8d74-d71bd1e00d53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).