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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS."
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description: "This Act creates an automatic voter registration system at the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and grants the State Election Commissioner the authority to implement automatic voter registration at other state agencies that already offer voter registration services under existing law."
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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: "SB 5"
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citation: "Delaware SB 5 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2021-03-11"
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last_action: "2021-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/901b2da9-d630-484d-98a2-e2c8d5bbd6f4"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48446"
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source_hash: "d6fb9c6ba471bd1019c29509373f45d40e2ec587fa3f11bc9b4f311025939080"
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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 SB 5 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
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This Act creates an automatic voter registration system at the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and grants the State Election Commissioner the authority to implement automatic voter registration at other state agencies that already offer voter registration services under existing law.
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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=48446&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB5)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-11** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-03-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 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/901b2da9-d630-484d-98a2-e2c8d5bbd6f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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