Delaware House Bill 109 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: Passed on August 7 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-08-07 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Under current Delaware law there is no recognized right to privacy in an employee or applicant’s social networking site passwords and account information. This Bill makes it unlawful for employers, subject to certain exceptions, (i) to mandate that an employee or applicant disclose password or account information that would grant the employer access the employee or applicant’s personal social networking profile or account, or (ii) to require or request that employees or applicants log onto their respective social networking site profiles or accounts to provide the employer direct access.

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Practices.

Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]

2015-06-23 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-06-18 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-07	Senate	Signed by Governor
2015-06-23	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-18	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-18	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-18	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2015-06-10	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (BANKING AND BUSINESS) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2015-05-07	Senate	Assigned to Banking and Business Committee in Senate
2015-05-07	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-05-07	House	Amendment HA 2 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2015-05-07	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2015-05-05	House	Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2015-04-29	House	Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2015-04-29	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2015-04-23	House	Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/8f00164a49821e1685257e2e00545bdc?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+109/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+109/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/563e807fa969a66a85257e68006cd999?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/6b292169f609121785257e6d0078cbc6?OpenDocument