republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-97.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 51 OF TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING	This Bill modifies the impact of criminal history on an applicant's eligibility for licensure. It gives the Board discretion to grant waivers for a 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 date of conviction.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 97	Delaware HB 97 (149)	bill		enacted	James Johnson Margaret Rose Henry	1	9	2	2017-03-28	2018-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/dba548f0-dfa5-4dc7-9257-ec93e66b20c3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25543	127303300e397a95b61b091e4621e34adc68fce43336fb101e69081d2b2e8e4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 97 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 51 OF TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING

This Bill modifies the impact of criminal history on an applicant's eligibility for licensure. It gives the Board discretion to grant waivers for a 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 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

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James Johnson — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-28 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 97 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 97 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-12 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-01-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-03-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dba548f0-dfa5-4dc7-9257-ec93e66b20c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).