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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 Act extends the deadline for the Department of Elections to designate all election districts from “before March 1” to “before April 1,” but only for the 2022 election year. The delay in the delivery of the 2020 U.S. Census data to the States has necessitated this change for the 2022 election year."
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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: "SB 215"
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citation: "Delaware SB 215 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-18"
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last_action: "2022-02-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b768590-9657-4950-8c70-6fa95da9bf70"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79099"
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source_hash: "b7fcfd133b5916338fa096d123c6b14577d17c478b6921e97cdb055af99f767d"
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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 215 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
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This Act extends the deadline for the Department of Elections to designate all election districts from “before March 1” to “before April 1,” but only for the 2022 election year. The delay in the delivery of the 2020 U.S. Census data to the States has necessitated this change for the 2022 election year.
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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=79099&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB215)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-26** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2022-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-02-07** 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/1b768590-9657-4950-8c70-6fa95da9bf70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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