---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT."
description: "Under current law, an individual can file a charge of employment discrimination by sending the verified charge to the Delaware Department of Labor (Department). This Act clarifies that a verified charge of discrimination is deemed to be filed on the date it is sent to the Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Delaware SB 146 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-01"
last_action: "2023-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4af629f-5b22-42e2-bd41-f265fb3d15ca"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140456"
source_hash: "d2f3da8e439a26aa0cb75bea2e1f8f9eef423b00242f506e76385b562678f566"
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 146 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT.

Under current law, an individual can file a charge of employment discrimination by sending the verified charge to the Delaware Department of Labor (Department). This Act clarifies that a verified charge of discrimination is deemed to be filed on the date it is sent to the Department.

## 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=140456&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB146)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-09-11** 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/c4af629f-5b22-42e2-bd41-f265fb3d15ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).