Bill Would Require National Background Checks For Home Delivery Workers

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A bill filed in the Florida House on Tuesday is aimed at ensuring that the next time someone delivers something into your home, they are not a criminal.

"If you deliver something through the threshold of somebody's home, it will require a level 2 background."

Palm Beach County Republican State Representative Mike Caruso is sponsoring the bill being named after Evelyn Udell, the Boca Raton woman killed in August, allegedly by a man who had brought her a new washer and dryer from Best Buy.

"We need to make sure that workers that are coming into people's homes are secured and don't have a background that would lead them toward these violent events."

Jorge Lachazo worked for a subcontractor. The family of 75-year old Udell is suing that company and Best Buy.

The local and national criminal background checks would only apply to a delivery person who enters your home.

The bill would also require large retailers to tell customers whether the person who delivers to their home will be a subcontractor.

Democrat Kevin Rader is sponsoring the bill in the Senate.

It's one of hundreds of bills that could get voted on during the 2020 Legislative Session, which begins next week.

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