Timothy Dale Dukes

Voted against Senate Bill 13, which makes hospitals give free medically necessary care to Delaware residents earning up to three times the poverty level. The Delaware House passed it 27-13, and it became law.

June 23, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House Bill 56, which makes health plans and Medicaid cover surgery to remove excess skin when a doctor finds it medically needed. The Delaware House passed it 29-8, and it became law.

April 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against House Bill 210, the Pollution Accountability Act, which raises the daily fines for breaking Delaware environmental laws to as much as $40,000. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 24, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against HB 130, limits on single-use plastic shopping bags; the House passed it 33–7.

May 14, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against SS 1 for SB 25, raising the tobacco sales age to 21; the House passed it 25–16.

April 11, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House Bill 423, which enrolls new state workers in a retirement savings plan by default unless they opt out. The Delaware House passed it 32-8, and it became law.

June 11, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted for House Bill 105, which makes employers with 26 or more workers state the pay range and benefits in every job ad. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 10, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted for House Bill 105, which makes employers with 26 or more workers state the pay range and benefits in every job ad. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 10, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted against House Bill 130, which gives public employee unions new workers' contact details and lets them meet workers in public buildings. The Delaware House passed it 22-14, and it became law.

May 13, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against SB 15, a gradual increase in the minimum wage to $15; the House passed it 26–15.

June 17, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against SB 170, raising Delaware’s minimum wage; the House passed it 21–18.

July 1, 2018Opposes Labor Rights

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Sponsored HB 87, which proposed municipal right-to-work zones; it remained in the House Labor Committee.

April 16, 2015Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against SB 6, an increase in Delaware’s minimum wage; the House passed it 27–14.

January 30, 2014Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against House Bill 344, which tightens campaign finance rules: five-year record keeping, written loans, mandatory training, and a filing freeze for ignored late notices. The Delaware House passed it 24-14, and it became law.

June 11, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption

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Voted against HS 1 for HB 302, expanded campaign-finance oversight and investigations; the House passed it 25–15.

June 12, 2014Opposes Anti-Corruption

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Voted against House Bill 368, which bars Delaware police from holding people on immigration requests no judge signed, except violent felons and some repeat offenders. The Delaware House passed it 23-13, and it became law.

June 16, 2026Opposes Immigration

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Voted against House Bill 94, which bars Delaware police from helping federal immigration arrests at schools, colleges, places of worship, and health care sites. The Delaware House passed it 27-14, and it became law.

April 16, 2026Opposes Immigration

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Voted against House Bill 182, which bars Delaware police from signing federal 287(g) deals to do civil immigration enforcement or hold immigration detainees. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 24, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Sponsored HB 336, which allowed Laurel to borrow forgivable, interest-free government funds; it became law.

April 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored HB 239, which increased penalties for controlled-substance delivery that causes death; it became law.

January 14, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted against Senate Bill 23, the Housing for Every Delawarean Act, which makes counties and towns plan for 20% affordable housing and allow denser housing. The Delaware House passed it 29-11, and it became law.

June 23, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted against House Bill 116, which lets regulators approve power and gas delivery rates 20% below standard for low-income households. The Delaware House passed it 26-14, and it became law.

June 30, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted against House Bill 50, which creates the Delaware Energy Fund to help households under 350% of the poverty level pay energy bills. The Delaware House passed it 27-13, and it became law.

June 26, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted against House Bill 62, which bars utilities shutting off a home's power or gas over the holidays or on freezing or extreme-heat days. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

April 8, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted against Senate Bill 300, which requires gun dealers to hold a state license with cameras, alarms, employee background checks, and staff training. The Delaware House passed it 27-11, and it became law.

June 25, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Voted for House Bill 427, which lets 16- and 17-year-olds shoot and hunt without an adult present after a hunter safety course, with parental permission. The Delaware House passed it 28-9, and it became law.

June 23, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 450, restrictions on assault weapons; the House passed it 22–19.

June 9, 2022Opposes Gun Control

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 125, restrictions on untraceable and unfinished firearms; the House passed it 23–18.

May 20, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 63, safe firearm storage around children; the House passed it 23–18.

June 4, 2019Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 366, requiring safer firearm storage around children; the House passed it 21–16.

May 8, 2018Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 325, closing a firearm-sale background-check delay loophole; the House passed it 21–18.

June 21, 2016Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 35, background checks on private firearm transfers; the House passed it 24–17.

March 28, 2013Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 455, legal protections for reproductive-health providers and patients; the House passed it 24–13.

June 14, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against SS 1 for SB 5, codifying abortion rights in Delaware law; the House passed it 22–16.

June 6, 2017Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 316, a ban on employment discrimination based on reproductive-health decisions; the House passed it 31–9.

June 14, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 380, which extends Delaware's personal data privacy law to companies holding data on 10,000 or more Delawareans, down from 35,000. The Delaware House passed it 30-9, and it became law.

May 21, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against SS 1 for SB 68, online privacy protections, including for children; the House passed it 24–12.

June 25, 2015Opposes Data Privacy

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Voted against House Bill 444, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which lets voters sue over rules that hold back minority voters. The Delaware House passed it 29-11, and it became law.

June 18, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against Senate Bill 250, which rewrites Delaware's parentage law to define a child's legal parents the same way whatever their gender or marital status. The Delaware House passed it 26-10, and it became law.

May 5, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against House Bill 48, which requires permits and inspections for disabled parking spaces and raises the illegal parking fine from $200 to $250. The Delaware House passed it 27-7, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against House Bill 37, which makes clear that state and local government agencies must follow Delaware's ban on discrimination in public places. The Delaware House passed it 26-12, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against HB 299, equal-access protections at public libraries; the House passed it 30–5.

March 26, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against HB 1, final legislative approval of the state constitutional Equal Rights Amendment; the House passed it 35–6.

January 10, 2019Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against HB 399, the first legislative approval of a state constitutional Equal Rights Amendment; the House passed it 35–6.

June 7, 2018Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against SB 97, gender-identity protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations; the House passed it 24–17.

June 18, 2013Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against HB 75, same-sex civil marriage; the House passed the measure 23–18.

April 23, 2013Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against House Bill 233, which makes data centers and other very large power users pay their own hookup and rate costs. The Delaware House passed it 27-8, and it became law.

July 1, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted against Senate Bill 326, which tightens oversight of power and gas companies, including regular management reviews and limits on collecting rate hikes before approval. The Delaware House passed it 30-11, and it became law.

June 30, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House Bill 380, which extends Delaware's personal data privacy law to companies holding data on 10,000 or more Delawareans, down from 35,000. The Delaware House passed it 30-9, and it became law.

May 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against Senate Bill 201, which requires a state license to flip home purchase contracts and gives sellers 21 days to cancel such a deal. The Delaware House passed it 26-10, and it became law.

May 14, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted against Senate Bill 60, which bars utilities from billing customers for lobbying, political donations, or image advertising. The Delaware House passed it 29-9, and it became law.

June 25, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House Bill 67, which caps private-lot towing charges at $250 for the tow and $50 a day for storage. The Delaware House passed it 23-14, and it became law.

March 27, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Struck his HB 75 after a Senate amendment altered the childhood sexual-abuse civil-claims bill.

July 1, 2026

Source: housegop.delaware.gov

Voted against House Bill 310, which denies the job-creation tax break to data centers and other very large power users not running on clean energy. The Delaware House passed it 26-11, and it became law.

July 1, 2026

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House Bill 369, which writes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety into law so a future governor cannot undo it. The Delaware House passed it 27-12, and it became law.

May 14, 2026

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House Bill 348, which removes the dollar caps and $50,000 price limit on Delaware's electric car rebates, letting the state set amounts. The Delaware House passed it 26-13, and it became law.

May 12, 2026

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House Bill 151, which bars Delaware and its local governments from paying private companies to run jails or detention centers. The Delaware House passed it 28-13, and it became law.

April 16, 2026

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House Bill 150, which bars civil (non-criminal) arrests of people going to or from Delaware courthouses. The Delaware House passed it 25-13, and it became law.

March 24, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 153, which ends citizen's arrests in Delaware, so only people a law names may arrest or hold someone. The Delaware House passed it 24-12, and it became law.

June 17, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 205, which shields Delaware health care providers from other states' penalties for care that is legal in Delaware. The Delaware House passed it 29-11, and it became law.

June 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against House Bill 119, the Freedom to Read Act, barring public and school libraries from pulling books over their author or ideas. The Delaware House passed it 27-10, and it became law.

May 22, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored HB 75, which sought to remove the time limit for civil claims from childhood sexual abuse; it passed the House but was later stricken.

March 11, 2025

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Was elected House minority leader by the Delaware House Republican caucus for the 153rd General Assembly.

November 8, 2024

Source: housegop.delaware.gov

Voted against SB 300, disclosure requirements for crisis pregnancy centers; the House passed it 23–15.

June 30, 2024

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 70, repealing the death penalty; the House passed it 33–8.

June 18, 2024

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Sponsored HB 418, which raised Laurel’s unpaid-tax late fee and maximum ordinance fine; it became law.

May 23, 2024

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 417, which sought to remove the time limit for civil claims from childhood sexual abuse; it did not pass.

May 22, 2024

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 140, a medical aid-in-dying bill; the House passed it 21–16 and the governor later vetoed it.

April 18, 2024

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Joined a legislative amicus brief supporting a lawsuit over pandemic restrictions on religious worship.

January 11, 2024

Source: housegop.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 63, which changed rules for employing state pensioners; it became law.

March 2, 2023

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Ended his service as House minority whip when the Republican caucus chose Lyndon Yearick for the 152nd General Assembly.

November 22, 2022

Source: housegop.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 371, repassing a marijuana-possession decriminalization bill over the governor’s veto; the House override failed 20–20.

June 7, 2022

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 379, which expanded juvenile civil citations and expungement; it left committee but did not become law.

April 13, 2022

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against SB 147, a reasonableness standard for police use of force; the House passed it 25–16.

June 29, 2021

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 137, which revised Laurel mayor and council qualifications and election procedures; it became law.

March 26, 2021

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Was selected again as House minority whip by Delaware House Republicans for the 151st General Assembly.

January 12, 2021

Source: delawarepublic.org

Voted against HB 346, mail voting during the 2020 COVID-19 elections; the House passed it 25–13.

June 18, 2020

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 156, which waived hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees for disabled veterans; it became law.

May 14, 2019

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 136, which proposed legislative term limits; it remained in the House Administration Committee.

May 2, 2019

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 94, which improved collection of overdue child support from insurance settlements; it became law.

March 26, 2019

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against SB 22, Delaware joining the National Popular Vote compact; the House passed it 24–17.

March 14, 2019

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 110, the Delaware Marijuana Control Act; the House vote of 21–15 failed its required threshold.

June 27, 2018

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 90, allowing in-person early voting; the House passed it 25–15.

June 21, 2018

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 274, which allowed Laurel school-district land to be conveyed to the town; it became law.

December 14, 2017

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 32, which provided a Laurel property-tax exemption for downtown development properties; it became law.

January 11, 2017

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against SB 300, Wilmington school-district reorganization and supporting funds; the House passed it 21–18.

July 1, 2016

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against SB 40, a bill to repeal Delaware’s death penalty; the House defeated it 16–23.

January 28, 2016

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 39, decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana; the House passed it 24–14.

June 2, 2015

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 131, which changed child-support order rules; it became law.

May 6, 2015

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 407, which simplified interstate registration of child-support and wage-withholding orders.

June 17, 2014

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HB 314, which changed Bethel Town Council vacancy and meeting rules.

May 1, 2014

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored HCR 29, which created a task force to study collection of overdue child support.

June 18, 2013

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted against HB 50, a 6.6% tax rate on taxable income above $60,000; the House passed it 26–15.

March 21, 2013

Source: legis.delaware.gov