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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGING CANDIDACY TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE."
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description: "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."
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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 29"
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citation: "Delaware HB 29 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David L. Wilson", "Michael F. Smith", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-11"
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last_action: "2021-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee8b8862-a0f1-4d6d-a29e-e3f1498164e2"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48212"
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source_hash: "deb0163dc178a7d2509fd175d8b1c4699d1dcae9815c60d7d571c9e64be92dbe"
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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 29 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGING CANDIDACY TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE.
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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.
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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=48212&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB29)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-11** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-04-22** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2021-09-15** 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/ee8b8862-a0f1-4d6d-a29e-e3f1498164e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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