---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK CENTER."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 67"
citation: "Delaware SB 67 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Josue O Ortega", "Kyra L. Hoffner", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-18"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d918f20f-6827-4d78-adc8-4f0a095f2e23"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142738"
source_hash: "a7ae7c7419a0ee347b6c5521bf424b073e3781b307ab188eb76e2a7dfe7f0f7e"
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 67 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK CENTER.

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.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-18** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 67 `introduction`
- **2026-01-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-05-14** 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/d918f20f-6827-4d78-adc8-4f0a095f2e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).