republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-82.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMUNICATION OF ELECTION INFORMATION.	This Act requires the Department of Elections to biennially mail a notice to all registered voters informing the registrant of their polling place and containing the following additional information: a brief description of all available methods of voting; the dates and times on which the general and any primary election will be held; deadlines for voter registration for each election and for party changes before a primary; and a brief outline of procedures and requirements and polling places and early voting sites. If the notice is returned as undeliverable the Department is directed to follow a procedure already set forth in Code for attempting to update and verify voting registration records. The notice is to be mailed not later than 30 days before the state primary election.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 82	Delaware HB 82 (152)	bill		enacted	Daniel B. Short David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Krista Griffith Lyndon D. Yearick Madinah Wilson-Anton Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William J. Carson	1	13	2	2023-03-14	2023-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/83d07005-be9e-4330-be6f-b94c334879df	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130079	e45ce702e3c85cdebf3e6f239fcf21ad3b5b149336d4b34ff450c249ea158365	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 82 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMUNICATION OF ELECTION INFORMATION.

This Act requires the Department of Elections to biennially mail a notice to all registered voters informing the registrant of their polling place and containing the following additional information: a brief description of all available methods of voting; the dates and times on which the general and any primary election will be held; deadlines for voter registration for each election and for party changes before a primary; and a brief outline of procedures and requirements and polling places and early voting sites. If the notice is returned as undeliverable the Department is directed to follow a procedure already set forth in Code for attempting to update and verify voting registration records. The notice is to be mailed not later than 30 days before the state primary election.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-14 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-04-06 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-15 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-15 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-28 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2023-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83d07005-be9e-4330-be6f-b94c334879df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).