republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-243.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNLAWFUL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.	Since 1973, § 9605(b) of Title 9 of the Delaware Code (“§ 9605”) has prohibited the recordation of instruments that restrict the sale, gift, transfer, assignment, conveyance, ownership, lease, rental, use, or occupancy of real property to or by any person because of the person’s race, color, creed, sex, national origin, or ancestry.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 243	Delaware SB 243 (149)	bill		enacted	Charles Potter Jr. Harris B. McDowell Kevin S Hensley Margaret Rose Henry	1	8	2	2018-06-13	2018-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/bf7329ff-b5be-48d3-826a-e9f0a51c3945	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26814	0a6def37e3a06e709752c2896c3fa99aa0bd9af0fb9869f69d8e4ccfb8112bf0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 243 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNLAWFUL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

Since 1973, § 9605(b) of Title 9 of the Delaware Code (“§ 9605”) has prohibited the recordation of instruments that restrict the sale, gift, transfer, assignment, conveyance, ownership, lease, rental, use, or occupancy of real property to or by any person because of the person’s race, color, creed, sex, national origin, or ancestry.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 35–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-13 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-21 Amendment SA 1 to SB 243 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2018-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-22 Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2018-09-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf7329ff-b5be-48d3-826a-e9f0a51c3945. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).