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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS."
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description: "This Act mandates that all current and prospective employees or contractors of the Office of Auditor of Accounts submit to state and federal criminal background checks."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 304"
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citation: "Delaware HB 304 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Kerri Evelyn Harris"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-05"
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last_action: "2026-05-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2caea7a0-8971-4230-99e3-f9eaddafdbc0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142887"
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source_hash: "35dafcb078cc5e11436dd9aca975875cd5e8c31b9b2404136a26a9e4c5cc9642"
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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 304 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
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This Act mandates that all current and prospective employees or contractors of the Office of Auditor of Accounts submit to state and federal criminal background checks.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-03-26** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-05-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2026-05-21** 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/2caea7a0-8971-4230-99e3-f9eaddafdbc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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