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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMUNICATION OF ELECTION INFORMATION."
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description: "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."
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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 82"
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citation: "Delaware HB 82 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-14"
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last_action: "2023-09-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d07005-be9e-4330-be6f-b94c334879df"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130079"
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source_hash: "e45ce702e3c85cdebf3e6f239fcf21ad3b5b149336d4b34ff450c249ea158365"
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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 82 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMUNICATION OF ELECTION INFORMATION.
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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.
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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=130079&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB82)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — 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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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — 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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- **2023-03-14** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-06** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-22** Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-28** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-29** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2023-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-09-11** 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/83d07005-be9e-4330-be6f-b94c334879df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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