Delaware Senate Bill 49 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-28 - Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

An individual's housing status should not be a basis for discrimination. This bill establishes a "Homeless Individual's Bill of Rights" that provides rights to protections for individuals experiencing homelessness, including protections from discrimination while in public and while seeking access to housing, employment, and temporary shelter. This bill vests important investigatory and enforcement authority with the State's Division of Human Relations and the State Human Relations Commission, similar to their roles with Delaware's Equal Accommodations Law and Delaware's Fair Housing Act.

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Homeless Persons.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-28		Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25549
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25549&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB49