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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
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description: "Federal and Delaware law protect the right to vote and the rights of individuals with disabilities to have equal access to voting places and public facilities. Nonetheless, recent information suggests that a substantial number of polling places in Delaware are either inaccessible to persons with disabilities or lack accessible parking, infringing on the right of all eligible persons to vote in this State."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 293"
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citation: "Delaware HB 293 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael Ramone", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-28"
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last_action: "2024-10-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4294414-08bb-416a-95c6-5016a546ef40"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141155"
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source_hash: "69a2e062fa9b9d75620cdcdbf335d697b77816c28048d3d88ce94818a75077d6"
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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 293 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
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Federal and Delaware law protect the right to vote and the rights of individuals with disabilities to have equal access to voting places and public facilities. Nonetheless, recent information suggests that a substantial number of polling places in Delaware are either inaccessible to persons with disabilities or lack accessible parking, infringing on the right of all eligible persons to vote in this State.
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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=141155&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB293)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **34–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-28** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 293 `introduction`
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- **2024-04-18** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-04-18** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-10-23** 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/d4294414-08bb-416a-95c6-5016a546ef40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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