republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-183.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENCY.	This Act creates a process for the Commissioner of Elections to determine if a candidate or an incumbent elected official for a State or county elected office are residents of the district or area they represent or seek to represent.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 183	Delaware HB 183 (151)	bill		enacted	David L. Wilson Kevin S Hensley	3	16	3	2021-05-12	2022-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/84a3c863-ee3e-42d9-b6ab-b37570436bae	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68691	9e452e847693a4efbf05aa1f813ce846be90796233bc9299a205e06caa82c095	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 183 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENCY.

This Act creates a process for the Commissioner of Elections to determine if a candidate or an incumbent elected official for a State or county elected office are residents of the district or area they represent or seek to represent.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 183 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 2 to HB 183 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-12 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 183 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-11 Amendment HA 2 to HB 183 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-11 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-03 Amendment HA 1 to HB 183 - Stricken in House
• 2022-05-03 Amendment HA 2 to HB 183 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-05-03 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-03 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Amendment SA 1 to HB 183 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-30 Amendment SA 2 to HB 183 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-30 Amendment SA 1 to HB 183 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-30 Amendment SA 2 to HB 183 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2022-07-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84a3c863-ee3e-42d9-b6ab-b37570436bae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).