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DE HB 317

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION VERIFICATION AND ONGOING ELIGIBILITY REVIEW.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Description

This Bill requires the Division of Motor Vehicles, which is the only state agency that administers automatic voter registration, to conduct an audit of certain voter registrations that: (1) have a non-federally compliant driver's license or identification, (2) their documents predate the implementation of REAL ID, and (3) obtained a driver's license or identification card after Automatic Voter Registration took effect June 21, 2023. The Department of Elections, in coordination with the Division of Motor Vehicles, is to report the audit's findings within 1 year of completing the audit.

Introduced
2026-06-12
Status date
Latest action
2026-06-12 — Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 317, and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Bryant L. Richardsonprimary
  • Lyndon D. Yearickprimary
  • Shannon Morrisprimary
  • Laura V. Sturgeonprimary
  • Franklin D. Cookeprimary
  • Bryan W. Shupeprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-06-12

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 317, and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

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