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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.	This bill establishes voting by mail under the General Assembly’s broad powers under § 1, Article V of the Delaware Constitution to “prescribe the means, methods and instruments of voting”.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 320	Delaware SB 320 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola John "Jack" Walsh Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Laura V. Sturgeon S. Elizabeth Lockman Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	3	67	2	2022-06-10	2022-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/39e3e639-712b-4d81-9d43-3f4e21ae9496	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129685	0873f14f5d04c8039a5db720b3352bd343b893ae55d25e2289f5878d6eff42a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 320 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

This bill establishes voting by mail under the General Assembly’s broad powers under § 1, Article V of the Delaware Constitution to “prescribe the means, methods and instruments of voting”.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 2 to SB 320 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 27 to SB 320 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 13–8 (pass) · upper
• SM — 25–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Charles "Bud" M. Freel — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-10 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Amendment SA 1 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-15 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 2 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 3 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 4 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 5 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 6 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 7 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 8 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 9 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 10 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 11 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 12 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 13 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 14 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 15 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 16 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 17 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 18 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 19 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 20 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 21 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 22 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 23 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 24 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 25 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 26 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 1 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 2 to SB 320 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 3 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 4 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 5 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 6 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 7 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 8 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 9 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 10 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 11 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 12 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 13 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 14 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 15 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 16 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 17 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 18 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 19 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 20 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 21 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 22 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 23 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 24 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 25 to SB 320 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 27 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 26 to SB 320 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 9 YES 12 NO amendment-failure
• 2022-06-16 Amendment SA 27 to SB 320 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO amendment-passage
• 2022-06-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO passage
• 2022-06-17 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Amendment HA 1 to SB 320 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-22 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to SB 320 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO amendment-failure
• 2022-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 12 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-07-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39e3e639-712b-4d81-9d43-3f4e21ae9496. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).