Housing Status/Prohibit Discrimination

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jun 6, 2024CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House · House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce
2. Jun 13, 2024HouseAmendment HA 1 to HB 439 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
3. Jun 18, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce
4. Jun 20, 2024HouseAmendment HA 2 to HB 439 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
5. Jun 20, 2024HouseAmendment HA 1 to HB 439 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
6. Jun 20, 2024HouseAmendment HA 2 to HB 439 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
7. Jun 20, 2024HousePassed By House. Votes: 25 YES 8 NO 2 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT25–8 vote
8. Jun 20, 2024CommitteeAssigned to Executive Committee in Senate · Senate Executive
9. Jun 26, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits · Senate Executive
10. Jun 30, 2024SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO15–6 vote
11. Sep 26, 2024GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats.

• SP Sophie PhillipsD Primary sponsor · District 18
• WB William BushD Joint sponsor · District 29
• KL Kyra L. HoffnerD Joint sponsor · District 14
• BT Bryan TownsendD Joint sponsor · District 11