Delaware Senate Bill 179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on August 3 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-08-03 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill prohibits housing discrimination based on source of income by adding “source of income” as a protected class under the Delaware Fair Housing Act and the Landlord Tenant Code. A person may still take into account sufficiency of income and credit worthiness of a tenant or buyer, so long as any standards are applied neutrally without regard to the source of income. There is also an exception for landlords who are employees of a housing authority and are prohibited by their employer’s conflict of interest policy from renting to persons receiving housing assistance payments. The bill contains language specifying that landlords will not be compelled to participate in rental assistance programs, and that the bill is not meant to prevent landlords who do participate in housing programs from reserving a certain number of units for that purpose. This measure will prevent and address discrimination against those who receive part or all of their income from child support, government or private assistance programs, or any lawful occupation.

An Act To Amend Titles 6 And 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fair Housing.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]

2016-07-01 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-03	House	Signed by Governor
2016-07-01	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 2 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-07-01	Senate	Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2016-07-01	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-07-01	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 21 YES 15 NO 3 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-07-01	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House
2016-03-16	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS) in House with 3 On Its Merits, 3 Unfavorable
2016-03-03	House	Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House
2016-01-28	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-01-28	Senate	Amendment SA 3 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-01-28	Senate	Amendment SA 3 - Introduced in Senate
2016-01-28	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Stricken
2016-01-28	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Introduced in Senate
2016-01-28	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Stricken
2016-01-28	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2016-01-27	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2016-01-21	Senate	Assigned to Community/County Affairs Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/a53122b630d7156885257f3a00576a00?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+179/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+179/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/309ce6a0e4d1d2ca85257fe30022eee4?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d98669c33ec9b48e85257fe3002e6733?OpenDocument