---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION."
description: "This Act fulfills recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Overview and Sunset Committee (“JLOSC”) by making amendments to the State Human Relations Commission’s (“the Commission”) governing statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 122"
citation: "Delaware SB 122 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Walsh", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-15"
last_action: "2017-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba5d33a-45bc-465a-bd05-4ee6c63a1a44"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25993"
source_hash: "496558f3adc1e99c356e737a8ad987fecaf363f0b00da959e221f7a4fba5da18"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 122 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.

This Act fulfills recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Overview and Sunset Committee (“JLOSC”) by making amendments to the State Human Relations Commission’s (“the Commission”) governing statute.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25993&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB122)

## Votes

- SM — **17–1** (pass) · upper
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Walsh — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-15** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-22** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23** Amendment HA 1 to SB 122 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SB 122 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-09-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ba5d33a-45bc-465a-bd05-4ee6c63a1a44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).