republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-149.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS.	This Act would move the 2024 presidential primary election for major political parties from the fourth Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday of April.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 149	Delaware SB 149 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola Lyndon D. Yearick Michael Ramone Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst	2	9	2	2023-06-01	2023-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/68f0ec63-4ca2-4730-80a8-a3e995d301ae	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140467	0157877f1c89c29b58dfac7cb02ed3aaf689779dc41912698a5610e95f09ec4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 149 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

This Act would move the 2024 presidential primary election for major political parties from the fourth Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday of April.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 149 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Amendment SA 1 to SB 149 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-14 Amendment SA 1 to SB 149 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2023-06-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-15 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-07-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68f0ec63-4ca2-4730-80a8-a3e995d301ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).