---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS."
description: "This Act mandates that all current and prospective employees or contractors of the Office of Auditor of Accounts submit to state and federal criminal background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "Delaware HB 304 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Kerri Evelyn Harris"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2caea7a0-8971-4230-99e3-f9eaddafdbc0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142887"
source_hash: "35dafcb078cc5e11436dd9aca975875cd5e8c31b9b2404136a26a9e4c5cc9642"
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 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.

This Act mandates that all current and prospective employees or contractors of the Office of Auditor of Accounts submit to state and federal criminal background checks.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2026-05-21** 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/2caea7a0-8971-4230-99e3-f9eaddafdbc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).