DE SB 67
enactedAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK CENTER.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · upper
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Quick answers
Did DE SB 67 pass?
Yes. DE SB 67 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-14): Signed by Governor
What is DE SB 67 about?
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 67. It differs from the original bill by changing the period of time that a criminal history report obtained by the Background Check Center is valid for 1 year, instead of 3 years. The 1-year period of time is now applicable to both applicants of long-term care facilities as well as home-care agencies. This Act also removes the requirement that a current employee of a long-term care facility or home-care agency would need to get another criminal background check if they seek a promotion with their current employer. Because this Act codifies the time frame in which a criminal background check is required, this Act removes the administrative discretion previously provided to the Department of Health and Social Services to determine the frequency in which fingerprints must be obtained.
Who sponsors DE SB 67?
Stell Parker Selby, Bryan Townsend, Laura V. Sturgeon and 10 others are the primary sponsors of DE SB 67.
Description
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 67. It differs from the original bill by changing the period of time that a criminal history report obtained by the Background Check Center is valid for 1 year, instead of 3 years. The 1-year period of time is now applicable to both applicants of long-term care facilities as well as home-care agencies. This Act also removes the requirement that a current employee of a long-term care facility or home-care agency would need to get another criminal background check if they seek a promotion with their current employer. Because this Act codifies the time frame in which a criminal background check is required, this Act removes the administrative discretion previously provided to the Department of Health and Social Services to determine the frequency in which fingerprints must be obtained.
- Introduced
- 2025-12-18
- Latest action
- 2026-05-14 — Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Stell Parker Selbyprimary
- Bryan Townsendprimary
- Laura V. Sturgeonprimary
- Nicole Pooreprimary
- Marie Pinkneyprimary
- Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
- Josue O Ortegaprimary
- Russell Huxtableprimary
- Melanie Ross Levinprimary
- Sarah McBrideprimary
- Franklin D. Cookeprimary
- Ray Seigfriedprimary
- Kyra L. Hoffnerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-05-14
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2026-04-23
Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT
passage
2026-03-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-05
Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2025-12-18
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 67
introduction
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Votes
SM
2026-01-29 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: yes
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: yes
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes
SM
2026-04-23 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (41)
- Alonna Berry: yes
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: yes
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: other
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: other
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: other
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: other
- Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: other
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: other
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