---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS LAW."
description: "The Delaware Equal Accommodations Law, Chapter 45 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code, prevents discrimination against people because of their race, age, marital status, creed, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Delaware SB 63 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Krista Griffith", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-09"
last_action: "2019-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adb7b67c-e6b3-430d-82f5-38e144d33234"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47306"
source_hash: "870353c926ba290dd55cf45da2e7395eb356aa5ec0442d5274e15772ab4aa815"
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 63 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS LAW.

The Delaware Equal Accommodations Law, Chapter 45 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code, prevents discrimination against people because of their race, age, marital status, creed, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

## 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=47306&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB63)
2. **SA 1 to SB 63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47450&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Amendment SA 1 to SB 63 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-08-20** 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/adb7b67c-e6b3-430d-82f5-38e144d33234`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).