Jesse R. Vanderwende

Voted for HB 123, which required the legislature's approval before the state environment agency could limit sales of gas-powered cars. It passed the House 21-20.

June 30, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against HB 10, which set yearly targets for buying electric school buses through 2030. It passed the House 25-15 and became law.

June 21, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against SB 33, which required utilities to get 40% of the power sold in Delaware from renewable sources by 2035. It passed the House 29-12 and became law.

January 28, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against SS 1 for SB 25, which raised the legal age to buy tobacco and vaping products in Delaware from 18 to 21. It passed the House 25-16.

April 11, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against SS 2 for SB 72, which created a state income tax credit for union dues. It passed the House 26-12 and became law.

June 21, 2023Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against SB 15, which raised the Delaware minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour. It passed the House 26-15 and became law.

June 17, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against HB 88, which ended Delaware's lower training wage and youth wage so these workers get the full minimum wage. It passed the House 26-15 and became law.

May 13, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against HB 10, which set yearly targets for buying electric school buses through 2030. It passed the House 25-15 and became law.

June 21, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against a constitutional amendment to ban the death penalty in 2024 and again in 2025. The 2024 bill (HB 301) fell short of two-thirds; the 2025 first step (HS 1 for HB 35) passed the House 28-12.

June 24, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against HB 1, which made it legal for adults 21 and older to have small amounts of marijuana. It passed the House 28-13 and became law.

March 7, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against HB 371, which ended penalties for adults holding up to 1 ounce of marijuana. It passed the House 26-14 on May 5, 2022; after the governor's veto, the override vote failed 20-20 on June 7, 2022.

June 7, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against HB 372, a bill to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana sales for adults. It got 23 yes votes to 15 but failed because it needed 25.

May 19, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against SB 147, which set an objective 'reasonable person' test for when use of force, including police force, is legally justified. It passed the House.

June 29, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against SS 2 for SB 115, which let former tenants have old eviction filings hidden from public view. It passed the House 27-12 and became law.

July 1, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted against SS 1 for SB 293, which barred landlords from refusing tenants because they pay with government housing vouchers. It passed the House 25-14 and became law.

June 30, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted against SS 1 for SB 101, a bill giving tenants a free lawyer in eviction cases. It failed in the House 16-23.

July 1, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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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 SS 1 for SB 2, which required a state permit, with fingerprinting and training, before buying a handgun. It passed the House and became law.

March 7, 2024Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 451, which barred most people under 21 from buying or owning a gun or ammunition. It passed the House 24-15 in its final form and became law.

June 28, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against SB 302, which let people harmed by gun violence sue gun makers and sellers who break the law or sell carelessly. It passed the House and became law.

June 28, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 450, which banned the sale and new possession of assault weapons in Delaware. It passed the House 22-19 and became law.

June 9, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against SB 6, a bill banning gun magazines that hold more than 17 rounds. It passed the House 24-16.

June 24, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against HB 63, which made it a crime to store a gun carelessly where a child or barred person could get it. It passed the House 23-18 in its final form.

June 4, 2019Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against SS 1 for SB 301, which required public universities in Delaware to offer abortion pills and emergency contraception to students. It passed the House 24-16 and became law.

June 30, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against SB 300, which required crisis pregnancy centers to tell clients when they have no licensed medical provider. It passed the House 23-15 and became law.

June 30, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against HB 455, which protected Delaware doctors, nurses, and patients from discipline or out-of-state legal action over legal abortion care. It passed the House 24-13 and became law.

June 14, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against HB 320, which let physician assistants and advanced practice nurses prescribe abortion medication. It passed the House 25-15 and became law.

March 24, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against HB 31, which repealed old Delaware laws that criminalized abortion and treated it differently from other medical care. It passed the House 28-13 and became law.

May 18, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Introduced HB 188 to make fraudulent voting a felony with a fine of at least $1,000 and a 5-year loss of voting rights. It stalled in the House Administration Committee.

May 18, 2021Supports Election Integrity

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Voted against SS 2 for SB 72, which created a state income tax credit for union dues. It passed the House 26-12 and became law.

June 21, 2023Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted against SS 2 for SB 100, the first step of a constitutional amendment making marriage a fundamental right regardless of gender. It passed the House 28-12.

June 30, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against HB 275, which added asexual and pansexual people to the groups protected by Delaware's anti-discrimination laws. It passed the House 21-15 and became law.

March 28, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against HB 346, which let every Delaware voter vote by mail in the 2020 primary and general elections because of COVID-19. It passed the House 25-13.

June 18, 2020Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted for SS 1 for SB 21, which rewrote Delaware corporate law to shield company directors and controlling shareholders from some shareholder lawsuits through new safe-harbor rules. It passed the House 32-7 and became law.

March 25, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

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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

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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, 2026

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Voted against HB 188, which let voters not registered with a party vote in party primary elections. It passed the House 22-17.

June 30, 2026

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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, 2026

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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, 2026

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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, 2026

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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, 2026

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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, 2026

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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, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 418, which gives owners of untraceable ghost guns six months to get a serial number stamped on or disable them. The Delaware House passed it 28-8, and it became law.

June 11, 2026

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Voted against 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, 2026

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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, 2026

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Voted against 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, 2026

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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

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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, 2026

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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

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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, 2026

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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, 2026

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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

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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 70, which requires rental homes built before 1978 to pass a lead paint inspection, with state help for landlords. The Delaware House passed it 26-11, and it became law.

June 30, 2025

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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, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 24, which lets a public employee union be certified without an election once over half the workers sign cards. The Delaware House passed it 26-12, and it became law.

June 26, 2025

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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, 2025

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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, 2025

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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, 2025

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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, 2025

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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, 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

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Voted against 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, 2025

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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, 2025

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Voted against 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, 2025

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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, 2025

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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, 2025

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Voted against HB 140, which let terminally ill adults get medicine to end their own lives with two doctors' approval. It passed the House in 2024 but the governor vetoed it.

April 18, 2024

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Voted against SB 22, which added Delaware to the National Popular Vote compact for choosing the president. It passed the House 24-17.

March 14, 2019

Source: legis.delaware.gov