Delaware House Bill 299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-3)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-06-12 - Stricken in House
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by the requisite number of states by the 1982 deadline. Delaware, however, was one of the first states to ratify the Amendment. About half of the states across the country have passed Equal Rights Amendments to their state constitutions in order to provide protection against discrimination based on sex. Without an Equal Rights Amendment, womens rights and protections are limited. This Amendment is necessary to correct a constitutional shortcoming, reduce sex-based disparities and to codify our States value of equality.

An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article I Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To Equal Protection.

Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-06-12		Stricken in House
2018-01-16		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26248
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26248&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB299