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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OFFICES."
+description: "This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 77"
+citation: "Delaware HB 77 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryon H. Short", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-16"
+last_action: "2017-08-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d94b21-27f2-4667-876b-8c16c27eb97b"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25474"
+source_hash: "195633af17ef783547be4d9e83b3e6406e452c726b9f8d10677cf002f0a91d50"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 77 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OFFICES.
+
+This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25474&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB77)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **16–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-16** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-06** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-08-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2d94b21-27f2-4667-876b-8c16c27eb97b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+