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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSING."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 404"
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citation: "Delaware HB 404 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-05-05"
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last_action: "2022-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f22bc0e4-0e56-4848-bbd1-628d9f8fc5cc"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109443"
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source_hash: "b0784b908f11cd29c5267642b7197e2bad68536a97a0a55ba9aab9fcd9517ff5"
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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 404 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSING.
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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.
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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=109443&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB404)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129691&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-05** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-13** Amendment HA 2 to HB 404 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Stricken in House
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- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 2 to HB 404 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-14** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-14** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-09-21** 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/f22bc0e4-0e56-4848-bbd1-628d9f8fc5cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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