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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2, TITLE 6, TITLE 9, TITLE 10, TITLE 14, TITLE 19, TITLE 20, TITLE 24, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION. This Act aligns Delawares non-discrimination laws. Delaware has several broad laws that prohibit discrimination in public accommodations, housing, employment, and insurance but also has many narrow non-discrimination laws that apply to a specific entity, or type of entity, even though a broad law also prohibits discrimination by that entity. This Act aligns the narrower non-discrimination laws with the applicable broad non-discrimination law by also prohibiting discrimination on any other basis protected under the applicable broad law. Adding the reference to the chapter for the applicable broad law includes all protected classes, definitions, and actions that are currently protected under the broad law or that are added to the broad law in the future. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 153 HB 36 Delaware HB 36 (153)
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Claire Snyder-Hall
Eric Morrison
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Laura V. Sturgeon
Mara Gorman
Spiros Mantzavinos
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Delaware HB 36 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2, TITLE 6, TITLE 9, TITLE 10, TITLE 14, TITLE 19, TITLE 20, TITLE 24, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.

This Act aligns Delawares non-discrimination laws. Delaware has several broad laws that prohibit discrimination in public accommodations, housing, employment, and insurance but also has many narrow non-discrimination laws that apply to a specific entity, or type of entity, even though a broad law also prohibits discrimination by that entity. This Act aligns the narrower non-discrimination laws with the applicable broad non-discrimination law by also prohibiting discrimination on any other basis protected under the applicable broad law. Adding the reference to the chapter for the applicable broad law includes all protected classes, definitions, and actions that are currently protected under the broad law or that are added to the broad law in the future.

Version chain

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

Votes

  • SM — 156 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 361 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
  • Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
  • Eric Morrison — primary (person)
  • Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Mara Gorman — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-06 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-19 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2025-03-27 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-03-27 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2025-06-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
  • 2025-08-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/109e55cb-4e2f-4aa1-8868-22a0f58bc6fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).