AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES AND REPORTING PERIODS.

Elections

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Snyder-Hall
Last action: 2026-04-22
Official status: Out of Committee 4/22/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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HB360: Changes to Campaign Finance Reporting in Delaware

This bill requires political committees to file campaign finance reports four times a year instead of once, removes the report due 30 days before an election, and keeps the rule for filing a report 8 days before an election.

What This Bill Does

Requires political committees to submit quarterly campaign finance reports ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 instead of only annual reports.
Removes the requirement for a report due 30 days before an election.
Keeps the existing rule requiring a report filed 8 days before any election.
Sets deadlines so that if a reporting deadline falls on a state holiday, it moves to the next day.

Who It Names or Affects

Political committees in Delaware
The Department of Elections and the Commissioner who receives these reports

Terms To Know

Political committee: A group that raises money or spends it for political purposes.
Reporting period: The specific time frame covered by a single campaign finance report, such as three months ending on March 31.

Limits and Unknowns

This law takes effect on January 1, 2028.
The bill text does not specify how penalties for late reports might change under the new schedule.

Bill History

2026-04-22 Delaware General Assembly
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2026-04-09 Delaware General Assembly
Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES AND REPORTING PERIODS.
This Act requires political committees to submit quarterly campaign finance reports, as opposed to only annual reports. It removes the requirement that a political committee submit a campaign finance report 30 days before an election, but retains the requirement that a report be filed 8 days before an election. The law currently requires only an annual report, a report 30 days before an election, and a report 8 days before an election.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Snyder-Hall & Sen. Hoffner

Reps. Bolden, Gorman, Morrison

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 360

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES AND REPORTING PERIODS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 8030, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 8030. Reports of political committees.

(b) A reporting period shall begin on the day after the previous reporting period (except that for a newly-formed committee, the reporting period begins on the date the first contribution is received or expenditure made by or on behalf of such committee) and shall end on the following dates:

(1)

March 31, June 30, September 30, and

December 31 of every year, before or after an election, from the time the committee receives its first contribution or makes its first expenditure, until and including the year in which contributions and expenditures are balanced and the political committee terminates;

(2)

30 days before any election (except for committees of candidates not on the ballot at such election);

[Repealed.]

(3) 8 days before any election (except for committees of candidates not on the ballot at such election).

(c) (1) Each report required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section must be:

a. Filed by the political committee using the Department’s campaign finance reporting system and received by the Commissioner by 11:59 p.m. of the twentieth day after the end of the reporting period which is not a state holiday under Chapter 5 of Title 1.

b. [Repealed.]

(2)

Each report required by paragraph (b)(2) of this section must be:

a. Filed by the political committee using the Department’s campaign finance reporting system and received by the Commissioner by 11:59 p.m. of the second day after the end of the reporting period which is not a state holiday under Chapter 5 of Title 1.

b.

[Repealed.]

(3) Each report required by paragraph (b)(3) of this section must be filed by the political committee using the Department’s campaign finance reporting system and received by the Commissioner by 11:59 p.m. of the second day after the end of the reporting period which is not a State holiday under Chapter 5 of Title 1.

Section 2. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2028.

SYNOPSIS

This Act requires political committees to submit quarterly campaign finance reports, as opposed to only annual reports. It removes the requirement that a political committee submit a campaign finance report 30 days before an election, but retains the requirement that a report be filed 8 days before an election. The law currently requires only an annual report, a report 30 days before an election, and a report 8 days before an election.