Delaware Senate Bill 144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Passed on August 11 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-08-11 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

The Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III Child Protection Act is the result of the work of the Delaware Background Checks Task Force, which was established by Executive Order 42. This legislation will consolidate into one chapter and section of the code the background checks that must be completed for individuals who seek to work or volunteer for a child-serving entity. The legislation will address inconsistencies as to what types of background checks those individuals who seek to work or volunteer for a child-serving entity must have and the types of criminal convictions and/or what level of entrance on the Child Protection Registry will prohibit an individual from working or volunteering with such an entity. Finally, this legislation includes individuals who seek to work with a private school or youth camp, who previous to this legislation, were not required to have background checks on staff or volunteers.

An Act To Amend Titles 11, 16 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Background Checks For Child-serving Entities.

Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. David McBride [D]
Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2015-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-11	Senate	Signed by Governor
2015-07-01	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-07-01	House	Necessary rules are suspended in House
2015-06-26	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2015-06-25	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-25	Senate	Amendment SA 3 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-25	Senate	Amendment SA 3 - Introduced in Senate
2015-06-25	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-25	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Stricken
2015-06-24	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2015-06-24	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable
2015-06-23	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2015-06-17	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/0743fb73c85837d085257e5900723558?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+144/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+144/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/69bcf1aeb4d65c3a85257e7500191449?OpenDocument