republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-439.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING STATUS DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND PROPERTY.	Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in housing and property transactions. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 439	Delaware HB 439 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown Kerri Evelyn Harris Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sophie Phillips Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William Bush	3	11	2	2024-06-06	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/4b43c682-e809-4bda-9d85-b26e0601aedb	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141517	9adf81df0af8a6df97c23873931afad62b46368b15b5ef4f4a29ffdc8b45c0e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 439 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING STATUS DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND PROPERTY.

Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in housing and property transactions. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.

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 439 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 2 to HB 439 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper
• SM — 25–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sophie Phillips — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 1 to HB 439 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-20 Amendment HA 2 to HB 439 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 439 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-20 Amendment HA 2 to HB 439 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 8 NO 2 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-20 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b43c682-e809-4bda-9d85-b26e0601aedb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).