Delaware General Assembly

Signed 6/19/13

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

5/29/13

Henry

Sen. Blevins
Rep. B. Short

Sen. McDowell, Peterson, Poore, Sokola, Townsend
Reps. Barbieri, Baumbach, Bolden, Brady, Heffernan, J. Johnson, Q. Johnson, Kowalko, Longhurst, Mulrooney, M. Smith, D.E. Williams, K. Williams

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 9, 11, 18, 19, 25, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HATE CRIMES AND DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTING, HOUSING, EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS, AND THE INSURANCE BUSINESS ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY.

This Act adds the term "gender identity" to the already-existing list of prohibited practices of discrimination and hate crimes. As such, this Act would forbid discrimination against a person on the basis of gender identity in housing, employment, public works contracting, public accommodations, and insurance, and it would provide for increased punishment of a person who intentionally selects the victim of a crime because of the victim’s gender identity.

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