Delaware Senate Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)
Status: Passed on July 2 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-07-02 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act adds the term “sexual orientation” to the already-existing list of prohibited practices of discrimination. As such, this Act would forbid discrimination against a person on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, public works contracting, public accommodations, and insurance. In addition, this Act would establish that the Superior Court, in the first instance, would hear and adjudicate alleged criminal violations under the Act of equal accommodations, fair housing and employment discrimination.

An Act To Amend Titles 6, 9, 18, 19, 25, And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Discrimination In Employment, Public Works Contracting, Housing, Equal Accommodations And The Insurance Business.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. George Bunting [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. Robert Gilligan [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. William Oberle [R]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]
Rep. Hazel Plant [D]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Bryon Short [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. D.E. Williams [D]
Rep. D.P. Williams [D]

2009-06-24 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 26 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-02		Signed by Governor
2009-06-24		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 26 YES 14 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 4 - Ruled Out of Order in House
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 4 - Introduced in House
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 3 - Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 15 YES 23 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 3 defeated
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 3 - Introduced in House
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 2 - Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 16 YES 21 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 2 defeated
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 2 - Introduced in House
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 1 - Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 13 YES 26 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 1 defeated
2009-06-24		Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House
2009-06-24		Necessary rules are suspended in House
2009-06-24		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 14 YES 5 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment SA 3 - Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 6 YES 12 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment SA 3 defeated
2009-06-24		Amendment SA 2 - Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 6 YES 12 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment SA 2 defeated
2009-06-24		Amendment SA 1 - Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 6 YES 12 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT
2009-06-24		Amendment SA 1 defeated
2009-06-17		Amendment SA 3 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2009-06-17		Amendment SA 2 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2009-06-17		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2009-06-17		Reported Out of Committee (INSURANCE) in Senate with 5 Favorable
2009-06-04		Assigned to Insurance Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/b39629232c080ee3852575b50071e9c0?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+121/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/0f8684779621a20b852575e000037bfe?OpenDocument