Delaware House Bill 316 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)
Status: Passed on June 30 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill prohibits discrimination in employment based upon an individual’s reproductive health decisions. Delaware laws currently prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex or pregnancy; however, this legislation makes it clear that an employer is expressly prohibited from taking adverse employment action against an individual based on his or her reproductive health care decisions. This bill does not create any new obligations or change any existing obligations related to insurance coverage of reproductive health care. This bill seeks to ensure that all workers should be judged on their performance at work, as opposed to their personal reproductive health care decisions.

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Discrimination Based On Reproductive Health Decisions.

Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	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. Bryon Short [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

2016-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 14 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-30	House	Signed by Governor
2016-06-29	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 14 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-22	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2016-06-15	Senate	Assigned to Labor & Industrial Relations Committee in Senate
2016-06-14	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 31 YES 9 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-14	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2016-06-08	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-05-04	House	Reported Out of Committee (LABOR) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2016-04-19	House	Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/ae7c604ae7b5be7285257f7e007116a6?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+316/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+316/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d64700e9ca9309b685257fe10077ee06?OpenDocument