republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-72.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS.	This Act clarifies that discrimination against any person because of religion is illegal under Chapter 45 of Title 6, the Delaware Equal Accommodations Act. Religion and religious beliefs were always intended to be protected under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Act through the word "creed" and this Act codifies that understanding, consistent with the Superior Court’s decision in Boscov’s Dep’t Store v. Jackson, 2007 Del. Super. LEXIS 37. This Act adds the term “religion” to the list of prohibited bases for discrimination and defines “religion” to include all aspects of religious observance and practice, not just belief.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 72	Delaware SB 72 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos	1	7	2	2021-02-26	2021-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/92b4a034-408c-4212-9331-68eac5068083	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48398	dd09cdfb50ac21a302bf43f89bbdebb1eabc115f16eada162c7f1c30c99b6cf5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 72 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS.

This Act clarifies that discrimination against any person because of religion is illegal under Chapter 45 of Title 6, the Delaware Equal Accommodations Act. Religion and religious beliefs were always intended to be protected under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Act through the word "creed" and this Act codifies that understanding, consistent with the Superior Court’s decision in Boscov’s Dep’t Store v. Jackson, 2007 Del. Super. LEXIS 37. This Act adds the term “religion” to the list of prohibited bases for discrimination and defines “religion” to include all aspects of religious observance and practice, not just belief.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-03-31 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92b4a034-408c-4212-9331-68eac5068083. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).