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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PLUMBING, HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION EXAMINERS."
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description: "This Bill modifies the impact of criminal history on an applicant’s eligibility for licensure. It gives the Board discretion to grant waivers for 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 the date of conviction."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 124"
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citation: "Delaware HB 124 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-04-18"
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last_action: "2019-08-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75180907-635a-4b91-8a74-f822f6cb2721"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47376"
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source_hash: "33054fd83af9d4c4675f10b1f0f9c95cfa41af63bf255a6659df7280a6be3535"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 124 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PLUMBING, HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION EXAMINERS.
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This Bill modifies the impact of criminal history on an applicant’s eligibility for licensure. It gives the Board discretion to grant waivers for 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 the date of conviction.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47376&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB124)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-08-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75180907-635a-4b91-8a74-f822f6cb2721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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