republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-184.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT.	Delaware law expressly prohibits employment discrimination based upon surviving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such discrimination includes: (1) failing or refusing to hire or discharging an employee because the individual was a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking; or (2) failing or refusing to make reasonable accommodations to the limitations known to the employer and related to domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking. Current statute requires the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to provide verification to their employer. This bill provides employers with the option to require verification in order to receive accommodations.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 184	Delaware HB 184 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	2	8	2	2023-06-01	2023-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5caac3f7-c77f-47d6-8f1b-b630e485e676	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140493	e94d06463c0099ca0244e4edbfd566077c3650b4a63df3de086f11ca7415da05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 184 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT.

Delaware law expressly prohibits employment discrimination based upon surviving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such discrimination includes: (1) failing or refusing to hire or discharging an employee because the individual was a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking; or (2) failing or refusing to make reasonable accommodations to the limitations known to the employer and related to domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking. Current statute requires the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to provide verification to their employer. This bill provides employers with the option to require verification in order to receive accommodations.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 184 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 184 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-21 Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-07-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5caac3f7-c77f-47d6-8f1b-b630e485e676. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).