Delaware Senate Bill 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Passed on June 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act clarifies that discrimination against any person because of religion is illegal under Chapter 45 of Title 6, the Delaware Equal Accommodations Act. Religion and religious beliefs were always intended to be protected under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Act through the word "creed" and this Act codifies that understanding, consistent with the Superior Courts decision in Boscovs Dept Store v. Jackson, 2007 Del. Super. LEXIS 37. This Act adds the term religion to the list of prohibited bases for discrimination and defines religion to include all aspects of religious observance and practice, not just belief.

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Equal Accommodations.

Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

2021-06-23 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-30		Signed by Governor
2021-06-23		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2021-05-11		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2021-03-31		Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
2021-03-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-03-18		Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2021-02-26		Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48398
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48398&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB72
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41893
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52435