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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNLAWFUL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 243"
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citation: "Delaware SB 243 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles Potter Jr.", "Harris B. McDowell", "Kevin S Hensley", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-13"
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last_action: "2018-09-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7329ff-b5be-48d3-826a-e9f0a51c3945"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26814"
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source_hash: "0a6def37e3a06e709752c2896c3fa99aa0bd9af0fb9869f69d8e4ccfb8112bf0"
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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 SB 243 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNLAWFUL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
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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.
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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=26814&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB243)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — 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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- **2018-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 243 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-22** Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-09-04** 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/bf7329ff-b5be-48d3-826a-e9f0a51c3945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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