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SB 236 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENAMING THE STATE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RELATIONS.

Summary
This Act does the following: (1) Changes the name of the State Human Relations Commission to the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission (“Commission”), as it appears in the Delaware Code. (2) Changes the name of the Division of Human Relations to the Division of Human and Civil Rights (“Division”), as it appears in the Delaware Code. This name change makes clearer the role of the Commission and Division in ensuring human rights and civil rights and helps differentiate the Commission and Division from the work of the Department of Human Resources and the City of Dover’s Human Relations Commission.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Mar 3, 2022 Signed Jun 14, 2022
Floor votes · House May 12, 2022

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jun 14, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
May 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
lower
Apr 13, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 236 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 16, 2022
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 236 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
EB
Ernesto B. Lopez
RRepublican
DE
6
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Danny Short
Danny Short
RRepublican
DE
39
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Kevin Hensley
Kevin Hensley
RRepublican
DE
9
Co
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23