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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE."
+description: "This bill enhances Delaware's attractiveness as a captive insurance domicile by creating a streamlined and inexpensive regulatory regime for captive insurance companies that are dormant."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 87"
+citation: "Delaware HB 87 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-21"
+last_action: "2017-08-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba4d45f-5cf4-4139-bc73-e4998d9a4c61"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25499"
+source_hash: "067546a84c18195a27194969d9ab9ad0a9039c5412aeedae83ce602673137dbf"
+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 87 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.
+
+This bill enhances Delaware's attractiveness as a captive insurance domicile by creating a streamlined and inexpensive regulatory regime for captive insurance companies that are dormant.
+
+## 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=25499&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB87)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
+- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
+- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
+- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-05** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-05-16** Laid On Table in House
+- **2017-05-18** Lifted From Table in House
+- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-05-22** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-08-30** 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/5ba4d45f-5cf4-4139-bc73-e4998d9a4c61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+