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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION."
+description: "This Act, consistent with longstanding practice throughout the State expressly recognized in the existing statute, clarifies the manner in which criminal justice agencies may inform the public of information related to arrests. In addition, this Act provides the State Bureau of Identification the ability to share information with the Federal government to maintain on-going monitoring of individuals who have already undergone background checks. Finally, it provides that fingerprints and similar information collected will be retained for future comparison purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "SB 247"
+citation: "Delaware SB 247 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-06-14"
+last_action: "2018-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f2b293a-a5a1-4168-abce-645af199b1d2"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26866"
+source_hash: "3937bc77aaa1b769990d672d51545ffd355e0b0ccefa3178dfbca3ba0f9ba1ca"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware SB 247 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION.
+
+This Act, consistent with longstanding practice throughout the State expressly recognized in the existing statute, clarifies the manner in which criminal justice agencies may inform the public of information related to arrests. In addition, this Act provides the State Bureau of Identification the ability to share information with the Federal government to maintain on-going monitoring of individuals who have already undergone background checks. Finally, it provides that fingerprints and similar information collected will be retained for future comparison purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26866&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB247)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
+- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-14** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-06-22** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2018-07-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f2b293a-a5a1-4168-abce-645af199b1d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+