Delaware House Bill 141

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on August 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-08-31 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act requires all candidates for statewide office, the General Assembly, and all elected county offices, to request a criminal history background check, no later than the filing deadline, from the State Bureau of Identification. The State Bureau of Identification must, within 10 days of receipt of the request, provide the Commissioner of Elections with a report of the candidates criminal history or a statement that the Bureaus Repository contains no information relating to the candidate. The Commissioner of Elections must then determine if the candidate is qualified under Section 21 of Article II of the Delaware Constitution to be considered a candidate and have their name appear on the ballot. The candidate will be considered a provisional candidate until the Commissioner of Elections determines the candidate is qualified. The information obtained by the Commissioner of Elections, from the Bureau, will not fall under the definition of public record in Chapter 100 of Title 29. The candidate must pay the cost of the criminal history background check, but the cost may be reimbursed from the candidates campaign funds as an authorized campaign expenditure. This Act will take effect January 1 after enactment.

An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Criminal History Background Checks For Candidates For State And County Public Office.

Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2023-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-06-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-06-08 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 25 N: 7 NV: 8 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-31		Signed by Governor
2023-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-06-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-06-28		Amendment SA 1 to HB 141 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-06-28		Amendment SA 1 to HB 141 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2023-06-08		Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
2023-06-08		Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 7 NO 8 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
2023-06-08		Amendment HA 1 to HB 141 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2023-05-17		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2023-05-09		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

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