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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.

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Enacted

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Last action
2025-09-02
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
  • This Act incorporates changes made by HS1 for HB204, which was passed by both chambers during the 151st General Assembly, but never enacted into law.
  • It removes the exemption for private schools and youth camps that allows them to use a name-based, rather than a fingerprint-based, background check or choose not to do background checks at all for employees, contractors and volunteers.
  • This Act also authorizes the Superintendent of State Police to promulgate regulations relating to re-use of a criminal background check.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-02 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  3. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  5. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  6. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT

  7. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

  8. 2025-03-25 Delaware General Assembly

    was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 47

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
This Act incorporates changes made by HS1 for HB204, which was passed by both chambers during the 151st General Assembly, but never enacted into law. It removes the exemption for private schools and youth camps that allows them to use a name-based, rather than a fingerprint-based, background check or choose not to do background checks at all for employees, contractors and volunteers. This Act also authorizes the Superintendent of State Police to promulgate regulations relating to re-use of a criminal background check. The State Bureau of Identification is also required to provide subsequent criminal history information to the agency receiving background check information. Authority is given to the Department of Education to pay the costs of background checks for its employees.
The Act also creates a new § 309A in Title 31, in response to a request from the federal government that the statutory authorization/requirement for private school background checks be separated from the statuto