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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAIR HOUSING."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 293"
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citation: "Delaware SB 293 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-05-23"
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last_action: "2024-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e55ae9-f7e9-47e7-ba37-c473876e8059"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141471"
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source_hash: "f7be238e8d1b6c64149075c311f9a7406252cb0cb30f919851bcea5363ba1986"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 293 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAIR HOUSING.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141471&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB293)
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2. **HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141701&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **14–5** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **25–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-23** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 293 `introduction`
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- **2024-05-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-06** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-21** Not Enough Signatures to Release
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- **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`
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- **2024-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 14 NO 2 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2024-08-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25e55ae9-f7e9-47e7-ba37-c473876e8059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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