Delaware House Bill 214 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-4)
Status: Passed on August 17 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-08-17 - 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 For example, when using PFL, outdated terms such as “the disabled” would be phrased as “persons with disabilities.” This language emphasizes that individuals are people first, and that their disabilities are secondary. In compliance with PFL guidelines, this Act amends current references to persons with disabilities throughout the Code by placing the person first and the disability second. Also pursuant to PFL, this Act removes offensive and/or insensitive language from the Code and replaces that language with respectful language. For example, the Act replaces antiquated and offensive terms such as “mental retardation” and “mental illness” with more appropriate terms like “intellectual disability” and “mental condition,” respectively.

An Act To Amend Titles 1, 4, 6 ,7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 29, 30 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Removal Of Insensitive And Offensive Language.

Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]

2011-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2011-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-06-29 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-17		Signed by Governor
2011-06-30	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-30	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-30	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-30	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2011-06-30	Senate	Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2011-06-29	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 32 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 9 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-29	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2011-06-29	House	Necessary rules are suspended in House
2011-06-29	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2011-06-29	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2011-06-23	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/d1aa71f6e1ed51a2852578a1006c7734?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+214/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/26de4a5464ce459d852578be0066f562?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/029d2226724b2f20852578c00007967b?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/a30ca00671fa5b65852578bf0081237c?OpenDocument