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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF MILITARY STATUS."
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description: "This Act is intended to supplement protections under federal law for members of the military, their families, and veterans by adding “military status” as a protected class for purposes of the State’s public accommodations, housing, insurance, education, and employment laws."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 55"
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citation: "Delaware HB 55 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-04-15"
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last_action: "2025-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0e4f8e5-f00f-432d-a857-463f8f3d7e0b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142125"
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source_hash: "cf4fd9c5d2b0f6d4bf4544e43c4612d3189a6288812ac8e17189e521027db57a"
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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 HB 55 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF MILITARY STATUS.
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This Act is intended to supplement protections under federal law for members of the military, their families, and veterans by adding “military status” as a protected class for purposes of the State’s public accommodations, housing, insurance, education, and employment laws.
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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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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-15** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 55, and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 7 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-07-23** 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/c0e4f8e5-f00f-432d-a857-463f8f3d7e0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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