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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS."
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description: "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."
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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 57"
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citation: "Delaware SB 57 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "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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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-01"
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last_action: "2023-06-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d919259c-6991-4d1b-8434-34aed892c277"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130032"
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source_hash: "80f8af6d9dba32374587e66331ea9c7adf82ae69ab4a42f48b12b38505481fe8"
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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 57 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
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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.
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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=130032&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB57)
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## Votes
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- SM — **31–8** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **16–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — 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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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-01** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 3 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 8 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-09** 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/d919259c-6991-4d1b-8434-34aed892c277`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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