Housing Status/Protected Characteristic

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 employment and professional activities. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.

Every action

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

1. Jun 6, 2024CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House · House Labor
2. Jun 18, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits · House Labor
3. Jun 20, 2024HousePassed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT35–0 vote
4. Jun 20, 2024CommitteeAssigned to Executive Committee in Senate · Senate Executive
5. Jun 26, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits · Senate Executive
6. Jun 30, 2024SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO20–1 vote
7. 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 4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.

• SP Sophie PhillipsD Primary sponsor · District 18
• WB William BushD Joint sponsor · District 29
• LL Larry LambertD Joint sponsor · District 7
• KL Kyra L. HoffnerD Joint sponsor · District 14
• BT Bryan TownsendD Joint sponsor · District 11