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HB 1 Delaware House · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EQUAL RIGHTS.

Summary
This is the final leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by the requisite number of states by the 1982 deadline. Delaware, however, was one of the first states to ratify the Amendment. About half of the states across the country have passed Equal Rights Amendments to their state constitutions in order to provide protection against discrimination based on sex. Without an Equal Rights amendment, women's rights and protections are limited. This Amendment is necessary to correct a constitutional shortcoming, reduce sex-based disparities and to codify our State's value of equality. Section 1 makes clear the General Assembly's intent in proposing this Amendment to the Delaware Constitution.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
Governor
Introduced Dec 13, 2018 Last action Jan 16, 2019
Floor votes · House Jan 10, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jan 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
upper
Jan 10, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
Jan 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 NO
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
lower
Dec 13, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
16 primary · 22 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AL
Andria L. Bennett
DDemocratic
DE
32
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
CC
Catherine Cloutier
RRepublican
DE
5
P
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
HB
Harris B. McDowell
DDemocratic
DE
1
P
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
P
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19
P
Photo of Krista Griffith
Krista Griffith
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
RB
Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
DE
37
P
Photo of Sherry Dorsey Walker
Sherry Dorsey Walker
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Stephanie Bolden
Stephanie Bolden
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15
Co
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
DE
7
Co
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
Photo of Bill Carson
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
DE
28
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
EG
Earl G. Jaques Jr.
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
EB
Ernesto B. Lopez
RRepublican
DE
6