republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-25.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.	This bill provides for election day registration for presidential primary, primary, special, and general elections whereas currently the deadline is the fourth Saturday prior to the date of the election. Moreover, same day registration at polling places will be permitted with submission of an application along with a copy of a current and valid government issued photo identification or a current government document displaying the name and address of the person registering to vote. The effective date is January 1, 2022.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 25	Delaware HB 25 (151)	bill		enacted	Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Madinah Wilson-Anton Melissa Minor-Brown Sherry Dorsey Walker Trey Paradee	2	12	2	2021-05-13	2022-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/6a29481a-6930-4277-9903-be9b4f588224	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68679	907553535de86091d9cc53ecd62c3ada9abd780a44ed5457a47e8b3da08cee35	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 25 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

This bill provides for election day registration for presidential primary, primary, special, and general elections whereas currently the deadline is the fourth Saturday prior to the date of the election. Moreover, same day registration at polling places will be permitted with submission of an application along with a copy of a current and valid government issued photo identification or a current government document displaying the name and address of the person registering to vote. The effective date is January 1, 2022.

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 HS 1 for HB 25 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 24–13 (pass) · lower
• SM — 14–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-13 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 25, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-07 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-07 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-07 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 26 NO 1 ABSENT amendment-failure
• 2022-06-07 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 4 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-07 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-22 Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-22 Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 14 NO amendment-failure
• 2022-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO passage
• 2022-07-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a29481a-6930-4277-9903-be9b4f588224. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).