Delaware House Bill 96

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-05-03 - Tabled in Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act reduces the eligible age of a citizen to vote in school board elections for purposes of electing members to the school board from 18 years old to 16 years old. For all other public school elections, which includes referendums, the minimum voting age remains 18 years old. This Act also adds a driver education learners permit, Level 1 learners permit, and school transcript to the list of documents that may be presented to determine identification, and residence in the school district, in order to vote. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. This Act will take effect January 1 after its enactment into law.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Voting In School Elections.

Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03		Tabled in Committee
2023-05-03		Amendment HA 1 to HB 96 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-04-05		Not Worked in Committee
2023-03-29		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130133
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130133&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB96