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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS."
description: "This Act makes changes to the Senate and House of Representatives districts so as to minimize the need for new election districts and increase the efficiency of election administration. Section 841 is updated to reflect the consolidation of the Department of Elections and provide direction to the Department on the filing of finalized maps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 335"
citation: "Delaware HB 335 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "John L. Mitchell", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-11"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73dd4f6c-3a06-4dd0-9328-f5c7cae794af"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79224"
source_hash: "2744a1c95f58f54bb652170fbbda925ff13ec10260287638b5c662233a6e2262"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 335 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.
This Act makes changes to the Senate and House of Representatives districts so as to minimize the need for new election districts and increase the efficiency of election administration. Section 841 is updated to reflect the consolidation of the Department of Elections and provide direction to the Department on the filing of finalized maps.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79224&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB335)
## Votes
- SM — **201** (pass) · upper
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-11** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73dd4f6c-3a06-4dd0-9328-f5c7cae794af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).