Delaware / State / 153rd General Assembly, 2025
85 Del. Laws c. 104 (HS 1 for HB 55) Made military status, including veteran status, a protected class in employment, housing, public accommodations, insurance and education
Added "military status" across Delaware’s anti-discrimination statutes, defined to include members of the uniformed forces and reserve components, veterans as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101 and dependents of servicemembers as defined in 50 U.S.C. 3911, and added a safe harbour for any distinction allowed by state or federal law, regulation or government contract. Approved July 23, 2025.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House, as HB 55; House Substitute 1 was adopted in its place on April 15, 2025
- In committee Done, House Veterans Affairs, then Senate Veterans Affairs
- Passed one chamber Done, House, 40-0
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 21-0
- Signed by the governor Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Chukwuocha
- Bush
- Poore
- Mantzavinos
- Griffith
- K. Johnson
- Morrison
- Ortega
- Ross Levin
- Hilovsky
- Heffernan
- Burns
- Lambert
- Sokola
- Walsh
- Hoffner
- Hocker
What it touches
- 19 Del. C. § 710
- 19 Del. C. § 711
- 6 Del. C. § 4502
- 29 Del. C. § 5953
Catalog entry
Official record
Read 85 Del. Laws c. 104 (HS 1 for HB 55) on the jurisdiction's own record