republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-293.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAIR HOUSING.	The Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. However, both laws also provide that a landlord's nonparticipation in a government-sponsored rental assistance, voucher, or certificate system cannot be the basis for an administrative or judicial proceeding.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 293	Delaware SB 293 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos	2	11	3	2024-05-23	2024-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/25e55ae9-f7e9-47e7-ba37-c473876e8059	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141471	f7be238e8d1b6c64149075c311f9a7406252cb0cb30f919851bcea5363ba1986	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 293 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAIR HOUSING.

The Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. However, both laws also provide that a landlord's nonparticipation in a government-sponsored rental assistance, voucher, or certificate system cannot be the basis for an administrative or judicial proceeding.

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 SS 1 for SB 293 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 14–5 (pass) · upper
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 25–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-23 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 293 introduction
• 2024-05-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-06 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-21 Not Enough Signatures to Release
• 2024-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-28 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 14 NO 2 NOT VOTING passage
• 2024-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2024-08-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25e55ae9-f7e9-47e7-ba37-c473876e8059. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).