AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Summary
This Act makes a technical correction to the specific persons who can access a fingerprint-based background check under this chapter in order to comply with the requirements of Public Law (Pub. L.) 92-544 for access to FBI criminal history record information.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jul 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Jun 29, 2026
Signed Jul 23, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jul 1, 2026 · House Jun 30, 2026
How they voted
20–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 21
Jul 1, 2026
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican6
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jul 23, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jul 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Jun 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 29, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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