Delaware House Bill 89 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on April 4 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-06-29 - Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Section 1 of this bill moves the date of primary elections for statewide office, county office, and municipal office to the fourth Tuesday in April, which is the date of the presidential primary (in presidential election years). The dates for submitting and withdrawing notification of candidacy have been adjusted accordingly. Section 2 of the bill changes the deadline for a minor political party selecting its candidate at the partys convention. Section 3 of the bill changes the deadline for filing certificates of nomination from September 1st to April 1st. Section 4 changes the closed period in which a voter is not allowed to change his or her political affiliation to match the 60-day limit in 15 Del. C. § 3189 for presidential primaries.

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Primary Elections.

Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]
Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2017-04-04 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
2017-04-25		Amendment SA 1 to HB 89 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2017-04-04		Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
2017-04-04		Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT
2017-04-04		Amendment HA 1 to HB 89 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2017-04-04		Amendment HA 1 to HB 89 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2017-03-29		Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2017-03-22		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25513
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25513&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB89
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18416