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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 149"
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citation: "Delaware SB 149 (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", "Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-01"
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last_action: "2023-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68f0ec63-4ca2-4730-80a8-a3e995d301ae"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140467"
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source_hash: "0157877f1c89c29b58dfac7cb02ed3aaf689779dc41912698a5610e95f09ec4e"
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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 149 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
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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.
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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=140467&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB149)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140527&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** Amendment SA 1 to SB 149 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 149 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-07-21** 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/68f0ec63-4ca2-4730-80a8-a3e995d301ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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