Delaware House Bill 91 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
August 17 2011 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

People First Language (PFL) legislation is part of a national movement to promote dignity and inclusion for people with disabilities. PFL specifies that the order of terms used to describe any individual places the person first, and the description of the person second. For example, when using PFL, outdated terms such as “the disabled” would be phrased as “people with disabilities.” This language emphasizes that individuals are people first, and that their disabilities are secondary. This bill requires all new state laws and publications, from the effective date of the enactment of this bill into law, to avoid language that is disrespectful and/or offensive to individuals with disabilities. A violation of this bill is not grounds to invalidate any new state law or publication. This bill does not apply to terms required by federal law or regulation or state statute. Nothing in this section shall be construed as changing the application of any provision affected by this section to any person.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Use Of Respectful Language When Referring To Persons With Disabilities.

Rep Bennett	Rep Viola	Rep Q. Johnson	Sen McDowell
Sen Sokola	Rep Mulrooney	Rep Hudson	Rep B. Short
Rep Keeley	Rep Scott	Rep Schooley	Rep Lavelle
Rep Kowalko	Rep Heffernan

2011-06-16 - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2011-05-10 - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-17		Signed by Governor
2011-08-18		Enact w/o Sign by Governor
2011-06-16		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2011-05-31		Assigned to Administrative Services/Elections Committee in Senate
2011-05-10		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-05-04		Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2011-04-13		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/3f978352b5a7288d852578690064915a?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+91/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/e31dbddaa74923e58525788c0073d98e?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/58761c236c61be59852578b10072fe7f?OpenDocument