republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-311.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS.	This Act clarifies the scope and protections for individuals with disabilities under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Law (DEAL) and further aligns definitions and scope of DEAL with federal law protecting individuals with disabilities from discrimination by places of public accommodation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. This Act is consistent with the Superior Court's decision in Ray v. State Human Rels. Comm'n, 2021 Del. Super. LEXIS 668, which held that "[a]ny interpretation to suggest the legislature made a choice to narrow DEAL's protection ignores both the express mandates and comprehensive guidance under DEAL. It takes away the right of a protected class member to be heard. As interpreted, Delaware law would need to reject what has been universally accepted."	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 311	Delaware HB 311 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	2	11	2	2022-03-03	2022-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/cdfbc415-6d5f-4cee-a50e-abe1c800693b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79173	16cfda12ed6ff51908437564e561d91e2a918ffc26882dc7e85427a2429cd8ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 311 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS.

This Act clarifies the scope and protections for individuals with disabilities under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Law (DEAL) and further aligns definitions and scope of DEAL with federal law protecting individuals with disabilities from discrimination by places of public accommodation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. This Act is consistent with the Superior Court's decision in Ray v. State Human Rels. Comm'n, 2021 Del. Super. LEXIS 668, which held that "[a]ny interpretation to suggest the legislature made a choice to narrow DEAL's protection ignores both the express mandates and comprehensive guidance under DEAL. It takes away the right of a protected class member to be heard. As interpreted, Delaware law would need to reject what has been universally accepted."

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 311 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-03 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 12 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-04 Amendment HA 1 to HB 311 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-04-06 Amendment HA 2 to HB 311 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-04-07 Amendment HA 1 to HB 311 - Stricken in House
• 2022-04-07 Amendment HA 2 to HB 311 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-04-07 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2022-04-07 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-10-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdfbc415-6d5f-4cee-a50e-abe1c800693b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).