republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-449.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELEVATOR MECHANICS.	Presently there is no licensure mechanism in place in Delaware for elevator mechanics. This Act creates a new chapter in Title 24 and establishes a regulatory State Board of Elevator Mechanics consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor including 1 public member, 1 member representing the elevator industry,1 member primarily engaged in elevator repair or maintenance, 1 representing elevator inspection, consulting or engineering firms, and 1 representing a labor organization for elevator mechanics and apprentices. The Board has the responsibility of formulating rules and regulations consistent with the APA under Title 29. The Board, under its rules and regulations, will establish standards for licensure, as a master elevator mechanic and journeyman elevator mechanic and continuing education requirements. The Act sets forth grounds for discipline including suspension and revocation of a license. A finding that an individual has been found guilty of performing elevator mechanical work without a license, or under false pretense of being licensed, is a misdemeanor subject to monetary fines by the justice of the Peace court. There is a grandfather exception for individuals that have master electrical special elevator licenses at the time of enactment. The implementation date is the earlier of 6 months after enactment or when the Registrar of Regulations has been provided notice that rules and regulations have been promulgated.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 449	Delaware HB 449 (151)	bill		enacted	Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh	2	9	2	2022-06-02	2022-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/90250bda-208e-48b1-a092-711f452c394a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109596	86403d9c4191f65a0565c95001572c0a58093618ffb8e5f5f55b5ceff2c16152	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 449 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELEVATOR MECHANICS.

Presently there is no licensure mechanism in place in Delaware for elevator mechanics. This Act creates a new chapter in Title 24 and establishes a regulatory State Board of Elevator Mechanics consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor including 1 public member, 1 member representing the elevator industry,1 member primarily engaged in elevator repair or maintenance, 1 representing elevator inspection, consulting or engineering firms, and 1 representing a labor organization for elevator mechanics and apprentices. The Board has the responsibility of formulating rules and regulations consistent with the APA under Title 29. The Board, under its rules and regulations, will establish standards for licensure, as a master elevator mechanic and journeyman elevator mechanic and continuing education requirements. The Act sets forth grounds for discipline including suspension and revocation of a license. A finding that an individual has been found guilty of performing elevator mechanical work without a license, or under false pretense of being licensed, is a misdemeanor subject to monetary fines by the justice of the Peace court. There is a grandfather exception for individuals that have master electrical special elevator licenses at the time of enactment. The implementation date is the earlier of 6 months after enactment or when the Registrar of Regulations has been provided notice that rules and regulations have been promulgated.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 449 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 449 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-16 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-06-16 Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-10-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90250bda-208e-48b1-a092-711f452c394a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).