SB 118 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REAL ESTATE SERVICES, BROKERS, ASSOCIATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS.

Summary

This Act revises the circumstances under which an applicant can be denied a license by the Real Estate Commission because of a criminal conviction. Similar to the recent changes made other professional license requirements, this Act does all of the following: 1. Defines when a crime is substantially related to the professions regulated by the Real Estate Commission. 2. Reduces the time since conviction to be eligible for a waiver of a felony conviction for a crime against a person from 5 years to 3 years. 3. Reduces the time since conviction to be eligible for a waiver of all other felony conviction for a crime from 5 years to 2 years. 4. Clarifies what is meant by being on parole. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2019

Committee Review

Jun 2019

Senate Passage

Jun 2019

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 4, 2019 Last action Jun 25, 2019

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How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jun 25, 2019

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits

lower

Jun 19, 2019

Introduced

Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House

lower

Jun 18, 2019

Upper · Passed

Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

upper

Jun 12, 2019

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits

upper

Jun 4, 2019

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate

upper

2 primary · 4 co-sponsors