Delaware Senate Bill 185 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Passed on July 31 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-07-31 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Delaware employment discrimination law applies to employers of 4 or more employees within the State for all protected classes (race; marital status; genetic information; color; age; religion; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; national origin) apart from disability. Only larger employers with 15 or more employees are subject to the State disability-based employment discrimination law. This bill removes the inconsistency by adopting the same definition of “employer” for all protected classes, including disability. Neighboring states have adopted a uniform definition of “employer” which applies to all protected classes [Pa. Code – 43. P.S. 952-954; Md. Code - 20-601-602; N.J. Code - 10:5-5].

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Persons With Disabilities Employment Protections Act.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]
Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]

2014-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 25 N: 15 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-03 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 15 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-31	Senate	Signed by Governor
2014-06-30	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 25 YES 15 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-11	House	Reported Out of Committee (LABOR) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2014-06-04	House	Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House
2014-06-03	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 5 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-05-14	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2014-04-03	Senate	Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/6667ee1ca8b0436985257ca60063f61b?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+185/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/ce5bad88cb83f44d85257cec006df563?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/38eb17bfcc6fab0685257d080000d194?OpenDocument