Delaware House Bill 346 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: Passed on July 1 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-01 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act provides for voting by mail for the 2020 primary and general elections and special elections held under the provisions of Chapter 73 of Title 15 due to the emergency caused by COVID-19, a highly contagious virus. Voting by mail is an alternative to, and not a replacement for, in-person voting, which remains an available option to those electors not voting by absentee or mail ballot. This Act establishes procedures for voting by mail which mirror the procedures for absentee voting. The Act makes clear that, like in absentee voting, no ballots can be tabulated until Election Day. The authority to implement voting by mail stems from the Delaware Constitution. Article XVII of the Delaware Constitution mandates that in order to insure continuity of State and local governmental operations in periods of an emergency resulting from disease, the General Assembly shall have the power and immediate duty to adopt measures that may be necessary and proper for insuring the continuity of governmental operations including nonconformity with the requirements of the Constitution when in the judgment of the General Assembly to do so would be impracticable.

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Voting By Mail For The 2020 Non-presidential Primary, General, And Special Elections.

Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. David McBride [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]
Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Raymond Seigfried [D]
Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2020-06-25 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 25 N: 13 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-01		Signed by Governor
2020-06-25		Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO
2020-06-25		Amendment SA 3 to HB 346 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 13 NO
2020-06-25		Amendment SA 2 to HB 346 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 13 NO
2020-06-25		Amendment SA 1 to HB 346 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 13 NO
2020-06-25		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2020-06-24		Amendment SA 1 to HB 346 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-24		Amendment SA 3 to HB 346 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-24		Amendment SA 2 to HB 346 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-18		Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 13 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
2020-06-18		Suspension of Rules in House
2020-06-18		Amendment HA 5 to HB 346 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2020-06-18		Amendment HA 3 to HB 346 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 25 NO
2020-06-18		Amendment HA 2 to HB 346 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 25 NO 1 ABSENT
2020-06-18		Amendment HA 1 to HB 346 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 27 NO
2020-06-17		Amendment HA 4 to HB 346 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-17		Amendment HA 3 to HB 346 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-16		Amendment HA 2 to HB 346 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-16		Amendment HA 1 to HB 346 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-12		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48136
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48136&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB346
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=24098&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41514
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41628