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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 25"
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citation: "Delaware HB 25 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-05-13"
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last_action: "2022-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a29481a-6930-4277-9903-be9b4f588224"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68679"
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source_hash: "907553535de86091d9cc53ecd62c3ada9abd780a44ed5457a47e8b3da08cee35"
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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 25 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
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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.
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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=68679&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB25)
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2. **HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109620&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **24–13** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-13** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 25, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-07** Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 26 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-07** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-22** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-22** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 14 NO `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2022-07-22** 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/6a29481a-6930-4277-9903-be9b4f588224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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