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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION. | This Act, consistent with longstanding practice throughout the State expressly recognized in the existing statute, clarifies the manner in which criminal justice agencies may inform the public of information related to arrests. In addition, this Act provides the State Bureau of Identification the ability to share information with the Federal government to maintain on-going monitoring of individuals who have already undergone background checks. Finally, it provides that fingerprints and similar information collected will be retained for future comparison purposes. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | SB 247 | Delaware SB 247 (149) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2018-06-14 | 2018-07-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/3f2b293a-a5a1-4168-abce-645af199b1d2 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26866 | 3937bc77aaa1b769990d672d51545ffd355e0b0ccefa3178dfbca3ba0f9ba1ca | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware SB 247 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION.
This Act, consistent with longstanding practice throughout the State expressly recognized in the existing statute, clarifies the manner in which criminal justice agencies may inform the public of information related to arrests. In addition, this Act provides the State Bureau of Identification the ability to share information with the Federal government to maintain on-going monitoring of individuals who have already undergone background checks. Finally, it provides that fingerprints and similar information collected will be retained for future comparison purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-06-14 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2018-06-22 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2018-07-23 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f2b293a-a5a1-4168-abce-645af199b1d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).