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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REDISTRICTING AFTER FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS."
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description: "This bill changes the deadline for the General Assembly to reapportion and redistrict the State after each federal decennial census to within 120 days following receipt of the federal decennial census data for redistricting pursuant to Public Law 94-171."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 245"
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citation: "Delaware HB 245 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "John L. Mitchell", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-08"
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last_action: "2021-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19fcd33a-9872-4967-8c5e-9a348b182b69"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78848"
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source_hash: "6cedd93646839e5807f4fb64dc2553910d69d3f9b4042b52201c25cb40afc402"
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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 245 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REDISTRICTING AFTER FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.
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This bill changes the deadline for the General Assembly to reapportion and redistrict the State after each federal decennial census to within 120 days following receipt of the federal decennial census data for redistricting pursuant to Public Law 94-171.
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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=78848&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB245)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78922&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 4 to HB 245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78933&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — 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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- **2021-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 245 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-16** Amendment HA 3 to HB 245 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 245 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 245 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Amendment HA 4 to HB 245 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment SA 1 to HB 245 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment SA 2 to HB 245 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Amendment SA 1 to HB 245 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2021-06-24** Amendment SA 2 to HB 245 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2021-06-24** Amendment SA 3 to HB 245 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-24** Amendment SA 3 to HB 245 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 14 NO `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2021-09-15** 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/19fcd33a-9872-4967-8c5e-9a348b182b69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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