---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS."
description: "This Act mandates that all individuals who have received a conditional offer of employment with DTI and any contractor or third party that requires access to DTI systems, facilities, or data, must undergo a state and federal criminal background check through the State Bureau of Identification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "Delaware HB 304 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-21"
last_action: "2024-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb60326f-7296-40e3-8dfd-f5c1530920eb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141105"
source_hash: "defa7dc1c78292a147ee92bd20b06deeacc93a15b20c420021278d9b37488fd8"
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 304 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

This Act mandates that all individuals who have received a conditional offer of employment with DTI and any contractor or third party that requires access to DTI systems, facilities, or data, must undergo a state and federal criminal background check through the State Bureau of Identification.

## 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=141105&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB304)
2. **HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141138&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-21** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 304 `introduction`
- **2024-03-26** Laid On Table in House
- **2024-03-26** Lifted From Table in House
- **2024-03-26** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-08-29** 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/fb60326f-7296-40e3-8dfd-f5c1530920eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).