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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES."
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description: "As poll from 2017 revealed that 31% of people in the United States have been sexually harassed in the workplace. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a comprehensive study of workplace harassment in the United States which concluded that between 25% and 85% of women reported having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. However, the Commission estimated that 75% of all workplace harassment incidents go unreported. The purpose of this bill is to combat sexual harassment in the workplace and to ensure the safety and dignity of all employees in Delaware. This bill defines sexual harassment and makes employers responsible for the sexual harassment of an employee by a supervisor or by another employee when the employer knew or should have known about it and failed to take appropriate corrective action. Moreover, this bill prevents an employer from retaliating against an employee for filing a discrimination charge. This bill includes a requirement that the Department of Labor create an information sheet pertaining to sexual harassment that employers must distribute to employees. Employers having more than 50 or more employees in Delaware will be required to provide sexual harassment training to all employees and supervisory employees which must be conducted every 2 years. This bill also empowers the Department of Labor to investigate violations of this Act and gives the Department jurisdiction over all sexual harassment cases which includes an administrative process. This bill requires the Department of Labor to post the requirements in this bill on its website and perform outreach necessary to educate employers of the requirements. This bill takes effect on January 1, 2019."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 360"
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citation: "Delaware HB 360 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Helene M. Keeley", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-12"
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last_action: "2018-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/256173de-6b08-4cd3-ac1f-d7d3237924c5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26828"
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source_hash: "313b8b11602cb711410ff74de9796d9a412e022eea0db87e28f9729a86eb9be2"
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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 360 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
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As poll from 2017 revealed that 31% of people in the United States have been sexually harassed in the workplace. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a comprehensive study of workplace harassment in the United States which concluded that between 25% and 85% of women reported having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. However, the Commission estimated that 75% of all workplace harassment incidents go unreported. The purpose of this bill is to combat sexual harassment in the workplace and to ensure the safety and dignity of all employees in Delaware. This bill defines sexual harassment and makes employers responsible for the sexual harassment of an employee by a supervisor or by another employee when the employer knew or should have known about it and failed to take appropriate corrective action. Moreover, this bill prevents an employer from retaliating against an employee for filing a discrimination charge. This bill includes a requirement that the Department of Labor create an information sheet pertaining to sexual harassment that employers must distribute to employees. Employers having more than 50 or more employees in Delaware will be required to provide sexual harassment training to all employees and supervisory employees which must be conducted every 2 years. This bill also empowers the Department of Labor to investigate violations of this Act and gives the Department jurisdiction over all sexual harassment cases which includes an administrative process. This bill requires the Department of Labor to post the requirements in this bill on its website and perform outreach necessary to educate employers of the requirements. This bill takes effect on January 1, 2019.
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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=26828&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)
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## Votes
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- SM — **24–14** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **11–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-12** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 360, and Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Stricken in House
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- **2018-07-01** Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 14 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-08-29** 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/256173de-6b08-4cd3-ac1f-d7d3237924c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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