DE HB 88
deadAN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower
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Did DE HB 88 pass?
No. DE HB 88 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-06-16): Defeated By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT
What is DE HB 88 about?
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to allow the General Assembly to enact laws for the registration of voters without restrictions on the time period in which registration must be closed prior to an election. It also requires the General Assembly to provide by law for means to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter registration. This Act is in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Albence v. Higgin, 2022 Del. LEXIS 377 (Del. 2022) which found a same-day registration statute to be “incompatible with Section 4 [of Article V of the Constitution]’s registration deadline and its relationship to the appeal and correction process.” Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly. House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 88 restores language requiring voters to be registered in order to vote at a general election that was mistakenly struck from the original bill. It also updates the section to conform to technical revisions made by 84 Del. Laws, c. 281 and 85 Del. Laws, c. 5. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend the Delaware Constitution.
Who sponsors DE HB 88?
Kerri Evelyn Harris, Spiros Mantzavinos, Claire Snyder-Hall and 3 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 88, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to allow the General Assembly to enact laws for the registration of voters without restrictions on the time period in which registration must be closed prior to an election. It also requires the General Assembly to provide by law for means to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter registration. This Act is in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Albence v. Higgin, 2022 Del. LEXIS 377 (Del. 2022) which found a same-day registration statute to be “incompatible with Section 4 [of Article V of the Constitution]’s registration deadline and its relationship to the appeal and correction process.” Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly. House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 88 restores language requiring voters to be registered in order to vote at a general election that was mistakenly struck from the original bill. It also updates the section to conform to technical revisions made by 84 Del. Laws, c. 281 and 85 Del. Laws, c. 5. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend the Delaware Constitution.
- Introduced
- 2026-06-04
- Latest action
- 2026-06-16 — Defeated By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Kerri Evelyn Harrisprimary
- Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
- Claire Snyder-Hallprimary
- Eric Morrisonprimary
- William Bushprimary
- Kyra L. Hoffnerprimary
- Claire Snyder-Hallcosponsor
- Larry Lambertcosponsor
- Kerri Evelyn Harriscosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-16
Defeated By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT
failure
2026-06-16
Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2026-06-16
Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2026-06-04
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 88
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
2/3
2026-06-16 · fail · 26-14
Member-level votes (41)
- Alonna Berry: yes
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: no
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: no
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: no
- Timothy D. Dukes: no
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: no
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: no
- Jeff Hilovsky: no
- Valerie Jones Giltner: no
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: no
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: no
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: other
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: no
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: no
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: no
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: no
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