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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGING CANDIDACY TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE. This Act eliminates the ability of a candidate to change their candidacy to become a candidate for a different office after the deadline for notification of candidacy has passed. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 29 Delaware HB 29 (151)
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Delaware HB 29 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGING CANDIDACY TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE.

This Act eliminates the ability of a candidate to change their candidacy to become a candidate for a different office after the deadline for notification of candidacy has passed.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-12-11 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-22 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-04-22 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-05-13 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
  • 2021-09-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee8b8862-a0f1-4d6d-a29e-e3f1498164e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).