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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING STATUS DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND PROPERTY."
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description: "Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in housing and property transactions. This Act would add \"housing status\" as a protected characteristic."
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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: "HB 439"
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citation: "Delaware HB 439 (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", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sophie Phillips", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-06-06"
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last_action: "2024-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b43c682-e809-4bda-9d85-b26e0601aedb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141517"
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source_hash: "9adf81df0af8a6df97c23873931afad62b46368b15b5ef4f4a29ffdc8b45c0e0"
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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 439 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING STATUS DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND PROPERTY.
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Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in housing and property transactions. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.
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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=141517&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB439)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141586&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 2 to HB 439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141623&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **25–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sophie Phillips — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — 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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- **2024-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 439 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-18** 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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- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 2 to HB 439 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 439 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 2 to HB 439 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 8 NO 2 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2024-09-26** 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/4b43c682-e809-4bda-9d85-b26e0601aedb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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