republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-371.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WELFARE.	This legislation makes two minor modifications to Delaware’s background check process for prospective employees and volunteers at child-serving entities. It: 1) clarifies that an employer who must first obtain a signed authorization from the prospective employee for a Child Protection Registry Check, must attach that authorization to the request for the Registry check; and 2) only those persons currently on the Child Protection Registry may impact an employer’s decision whether to hire a person who is not otherwise expressly excluded from employment.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 371	Delaware HB 371 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Debra Heffernan	1	5	2	2018-04-12	2018-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0975670f-c9e7-4381-aa9f-edabbb1fe8b8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26478	98990c51d1b05a7e8d6dd5670a6ec2a5e4ce2854ada5f411e749a0f29957cc86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 371 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WELFARE.

This legislation makes two minor modifications to Delaware’s background check process for prospective employees and volunteers at child-serving entities. It: 1) clarifies that an employer who must first obtain a signed authorization from the prospective employee for a Child Protection Registry Check, must attach that authorization to the request for the Registry check; and 2) only those persons currently on the Child Protection Registry may impact an employer’s decision whether to hire a person who is not otherwise expressly excluded from employment.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-12 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-09-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0975670f-c9e7-4381-aa9f-edabbb1fe8b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).