Recognizing July 10, 2025, As Black Womens Equal Pay Day In The State Of Delaware.
SCR 92 is a nonbinding concurrent resolution that designates July 10, 2025, as Black Women’s Equal Pay Day in Delaware. The resolution explains that the date symbolizes how long Black women must work into the year to match the prior year’s earnings of non-Hispanic white men, and it cites wage-gap statistics showing that Black women, on average, earn substantially less than white men. It also references related disparities affecting Black mothers, student debt repayment, retirement savings, and wealth accumulation.
The resolution frames the wage gap as an issue of economic justice, gender equity, and racial equity. It encourages Delawareans to recognize the contributions of Black women and to support efforts to close the wage gap and promote pay equity. Because it is a concurrent resolution, it does not amend the Delaware Code or create enforceable rights or obligations; instead, it serves as an official legislative recognition and awareness statement.
The bill appears to have broad support. It passed Senate Third Reading on June 10, 2025, by a 19-0 vote, indicating unanimous approval among voting senators. No committee transcript or recorded debate is provided, and the available materials do not show any opposition in the legislative record supplied.
No specific policy dispute is reflected in the provided history, but the resolution itself identifies the underlying issues that motivate it: occupational segregation, lack of pay transparency, unpaid caregiving responsibilities, and discrimination in hiring and promotions. Those concerns suggest the measure is part of a broader conversation about workplace equity rather than a contested statutory change.
SCR 92 does not change state law, appropriate funds, or impose regulatory requirements. Its legal effect is limited to formally recognizing July 10, 2025, as Black Women’s Equal Pay Day in Delaware and expressing the General Assembly’s support for pay equity. The resolution may be used to raise public awareness and to signal legislative concern about wage disparities affecting Black women, but it does not amend wage, employment, civil rights, or labor statutes.
The sentiment around the resolution is strongly supportive and commemorative. The unanimous 19-0 Senate vote suggests clear bipartisan or at least broad chamber agreement, and the resolution’s language is affirming and advocacy-oriented rather than adversarial. The measure is presented as a recognition of inequity and a call for awareness and solidarity, with no recorded opposition in the materials provided.
There is no explicit recorded contention in the provided bill history or transcripts. The resolution itself points to the broader policy issues that often generate debate—pay transparency, discrimination, occupational segregation, and caregiving burdens—but those topics are presented as reasons for recognition rather than as disputed provisions. Because the measure is symbolic and nonbinding, any disagreement would likely concern the broader wage-equity policy context rather than the resolution’s text.