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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION."
description: "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 ones 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Delaware SB 13 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-05-05"
last_action: "2022-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b98680-3a2f-498a-892a-a7294ca54ae8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109452"
source_hash: "321799c1ee985108e494c23e93bb96bb865711df5c600a18ab45fed3e754ffd3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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 ones 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109452&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB13)
2. **HA 1 to SB 13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129877&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 1 to SA 1 to SB 13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129673&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **SA 1 to SB 13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109545&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **155** (pass) · upper
- SM — **2515** (pass) · lower
- SM — **156** (pass) · upper
- SM — **155** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96b98680-3a2f-498a-892a-a7294ca54ae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).