SB 180 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

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 2021

Committee Review

Jun 2022

Senate Passage

Jun 2022

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 10, 2021 Last action Jun 21, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Jun 21, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits

lower

Jun 16, 2022

Introduced

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

lower

Jun 15, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

upper

Jun 14, 2022

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable

upper

Jun 10, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors