CHAPTER 172
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 164
AS AMENDED BY
HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAKING SAID TITLES GENDER NEUTRAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend Chapter 21, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by deleting the word
"workmen's" wherever it shall appear therein, including in captions, and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "workers"'.
Section 2. Further amend Chapter 21, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by deleting the
word "his" wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof "his/her", and by deleting the word me wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof "s/he", and by deleting the word "Chairman" wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "Chairperson".
Section 3. Amend Chapter 23, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by deleting the word
"workmen's" wherever it shall appear therein, including in captions, and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "workers", and by deleting the word "workman" or "workman's" wherever they shalt appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "worker" or "worker's", respectively.
Section 4. Further Amend Chapter 23, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by deleting the
word "his" wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof "his/he?, and by deleting the word "he" wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof "s/he, and by deleting the word "hint" wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof "him/her", and by deleting the word "himself' wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof "himself/herself'.
Section 5. Further amend Chapter 23, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by deleting the
word "wife" in §2301(9) and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "spouse", and by deleting the word "his" in §2303(c)(3)a. and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "it?.
Section 6. Further amend Chapter 23, Title 19 of the Delaware Code in §2312 by
deleting the word "firemen" and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "firefighter?, and by deleting the word "Ladies".
Section 7. Further amend Chapter 23, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by deleting the
words his weekly" in §2326(f) and (g).
Section 8. Further amend Chapter 23, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by inserting the
phrase ", widowers" in §2333(a) immediately after the word "widows".
Section 9. Further amend Chapter 23, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by deleting the
word his from §2374(a).
Section 10. Amend Chapter 26, Title 18 of the Delaware Code by deleting the word
"workmen'? wherever it shall appear therein, including in the Chapter title, and by substituting in lieu thereof the word "worker?', and by deleting the word "him" wherever it shall appear therein and by substituting in lieu thereof "him/her".
Approved July 7, 1995