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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
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description: "This bill eliminates the \"10-day hold\" before registering a voter who is eligible to vote. This bill also allows the Department in lieu of the Board to remove voters who no longer reside in Delaware."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 135"
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citation: "Delaware HB 135 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Viola", "Nicole Poore"]
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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: "2017-04-13"
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last_action: "2017-08-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2634059-67c3-418e-9337-d1ed10348be8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25643"
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source_hash: "fbd0cfabe2166f0961c0713c2dcdc6e53c9961a393d0246062dc62d21cb4da55"
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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 135 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
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This bill eliminates the "10-day hold" before registering a voter who is eligible to vote. This bill also allows the Department in lieu of the Board to remove voters who no longer reside in Delaware.
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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=25643&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB135)
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## Votes
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- SM — **23–15** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Viola — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-13** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 15 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-17** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 3 NO 4 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-08-02** 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/b2634059-67c3-418e-9337-d1ed10348be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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