---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PLUMBING, HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION EXAMINERS."
description: "This Bill modifies the impact of criminal history on an applicant’s eligibility for licensure. It gives the Board discretion to grant waivers for felony convictions for crimes committed against a person where more than 3 years have elapsed, and more than 2 years have elapsed for other felonies. The Board is precluded from considering a conviction where more than 10 years have elapsed since the date of conviction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 124"
citation: "Delaware HB 124 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-18"
last_action: "2019-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75180907-635a-4b91-8a74-f822f6cb2721"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47376"
source_hash: "33054fd83af9d4c4675f10b1f0f9c95cfa41af63bf255a6659df7280a6be3535"
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 HB 124 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PLUMBING, HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION EXAMINERS.

This Bill modifies the impact of criminal history on an applicant’s eligibility for licensure. It gives the Board discretion to grant waivers for felony convictions for crimes committed against a person where more than 3 years have elapsed, and more than 2 years have elapsed for other felonies. The Board is precluded from considering a conviction where more than 10 years have elapsed since the date of conviction.

## 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=47376&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB124)

## Votes

- SM — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-08-12** 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/75180907-635a-4b91-8a74-f822f6cb2721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).