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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. In Chiafalo v. Washington, 140 S.Ct. 2316 (2020), the United States Supreme Court made clear that states have the authority to remove or punish presidential electors who do not adhere to their obligation to vote faithfully for their parties candidates. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 SB 57 Delaware SB 57 (152)
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David P. Sokola
Kyle Evans Gay
Laura V. Sturgeon
Paul S. Baumbach
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Russell Huxtable
Sarah McBride
Sean M. Lynn
Spiros Mantzavinos
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Delaware SB 57 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

In Chiafalo v. Washington, 140 S.Ct. 2316 (2020), the United States Supreme Court made clear that states have the authority to remove or punish presidential electors who do not adhere to their obligation to vote faithfully for their parties candidates.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 318 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 163 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
  • Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-01 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-29 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 3 NO 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-04-20 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2023-05-18 Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 8 NO 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-06-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d919259c-6991-4d1b-8434-34aed892c277. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).