republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-404.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSING.	The Delaware Fair Chance Licensing Act provides that it is the policy of this State to allow entry to professions and occupations with licensing requirements for individuals with a criminal history to the maximum extent consistent with public safety. To that end, the bill identifies certain kinds of criminal history elements that should not be considered by licensing boards: charges that are not pending and did not lead to a conviction; juvenile records; records that have been expunged, sealed, or pardoned; and convictions that are more than 10 years old. An exception is allowed to the 10 year rule to preserve existing prohibitions involving sex offense convictions. The Act also identifies factors a licensing authorityshould consider in determining whether a criminal history record would prohibit licensure, or whether a waiver should be granted.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 404	Delaware HB 404 (151)	bill		enacted	Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown	2	11	2	2022-05-05	2022-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/f22bc0e4-0e56-4848-bbd1-628d9f8fc5cc	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109443	b0784b908f11cd29c5267642b7197e2bad68536a97a0a55ba9aab9fcd9517ff5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 404 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSING.

The Delaware Fair Chance Licensing Act provides that it is the policy of this State to allow entry to professions and occupations with licensing requirements for individuals with a criminal history to the maximum extent consistent with public safety. To that end, the bill identifies certain kinds of criminal history elements that should not be considered by licensing boards: charges that are not pending and did not lead to a conviction; juvenile records; records that have been expunged, sealed, or pardoned; and convictions that are more than 10 years old. An exception is allowed to the 10 year rule to preserve existing prohibitions involving sex offense convictions. The Act also identifies factors a licensing authorityshould consider in determining whether a criminal history record would prohibit licensure, or whether a waiver should be granted.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 404 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-05 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-13 Amendment HA 2 to HB 404 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Stricken in House
• 2022-06-14 Amendment HA 2 to HB 404 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-14 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-06-14 Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-09-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f22bc0e4-0e56-4848-bbd1-628d9f8fc5cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).