republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-13.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION.	This Act creates a “Ban the Box” policy for postsecondary institutions in the state. “Ban the Box” or “Beyond the Box” policies refer to the removal of questions about one’s criminal conviction history on a college or job application. Research shows that questions about criminal conviction history deter individuals from applying to an institution and increase the likelihood of rejection, with a disproportionate effect on people of color.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 13	Delaware SB 13 (151)	bill		enacted	Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown Sherry Dorsey Walker	4	16	4	2022-05-05	2022-10-21	openstates	ocd-bill/96b98680-3a2f-498a-892a-a7294ca54ae8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109452	321799c1ee985108e494c23e93bb96bb865711df5c600a18ab45fed3e754ffd3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 13 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION.

This Act creates a “Ban the Box” policy for postsecondary institutions in the state. “Ban the Box” or “Beyond the Box” policies refer to the removal of questions about one’s criminal conviction history on a college or job application. Research shows that questions about criminal conviction history deter individuals from applying to an institution and increase the likelihood of rejection, with a disproportionate effect on people of color.

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 SB 13 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to SA 1 to SB 13 (committee substitute) — source
4. SA 1 to SB 13 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper
• SM — 25–15 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper
• SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-05 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 Amendment SA 1 to SB 13 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-09 Amendment SA 1 to SB 13 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2022-06-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-09 Amendment SA 1 to SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Reconsidered in Senate
• 2022-06-09 Amendment SA 1 to SA 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2022-06-09 Amendment SA 1 to SB 13 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2022-06-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-10 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SB 13 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2022-10-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96b98680-3a2f-498a-892a-a7294ca54ae8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).