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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES."
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description: "This Act builds on some of the legislation passed by the 148th General Assembly that addressed the wage gap between men and women. When employers ask prospective employees for their wage or salary history, it perpetuates disparities in pay based on gender from one job into another. This Act prohibits employers from inquiring into an applicant's compensation history. An applicant may voluntarily disclose the information if he or she wishes to do so, and the bill explicitly permits discussion and negation of compensation expectations between an employer and applicants, so long as the employer does not affirmatively seek compensation history in the course of discussion and negotiation. An employer is permitted to seek and confirm such information after an offer, including compensation, has been negotiated, made, and accepted. The effective date of the bill is delayed by 6 months to allow employers to update their policies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 1"
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citation: "Delaware HB 1 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Catherine Cloutier", "Deborah Hudson", "Debra Heffernan", "Helene M. Keeley", "Kimberly Williams", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Melanie George Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Ruth Briggs King", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-04-25"
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last_action: "2017-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffefa057-ccd1-4eb7-acb2-2c0be5f1c577"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25664"
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source_hash: "ce201f13c35b51cc57e4c3f0c8863b0b3714b403ff3d4f81c1a39daf8b89f817"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 1 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
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This Act builds on some of the legislation passed by the 148th General Assembly that addressed the wage gap between men and women. When employers ask prospective employees for their wage or salary history, it perpetuates disparities in pay based on gender from one job into another. This Act prohibits employers from inquiring into an applicant's compensation history. An applicant may voluntarily disclose the information if he or she wishes to do so, and the bill explicitly permits discussion and negation of compensation expectations between an employer and applicants, so long as the employer does not affirmatively seek compensation history in the course of discussion and negotiation. An employer is permitted to seek and confirm such information after an offer, including compensation, has been negotiated, made, and accepted. The effective date of the bill is delayed by 6 months to allow employers to update their policies.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25664&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)
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## Votes
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- SM — **16–3** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–3** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **37–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-25** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 1, and Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 for HB 1- Introduced and Placed With Bill
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- **2017-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment SA 2 to HS 1 for HB 1- Introduced and Placed With Bill
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment SA 3 to HS 1 for HB 1- Introduced and Placed With Bill
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment SA 3 to HS 1 for HB 1 - Sticken in Senate
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment SA 4 to HS 1 for HB 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-06** Amendment SA 2 to HS 1 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2017-06-06** Amendment SA 4 to HS 1 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2017-06-06** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 3 NO 2 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2017-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 3 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffefa057-ccd1-4eb7-acb2-2c0be5f1c577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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