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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICIES."
+description: "Section 1 of this Act clarifies the definition of the term “policy” for purposes of §§ 3903-3907 of Title 18 of the Delaware Code to apply only to personal automobile insurance policies and not commercial or other types of policies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "HB 143"
+citation: "Delaware HB 143 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-05-07"
+last_action: "2019-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49b4d218-3006-4a1e-896c-92cb0076ddb0"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47429"
+source_hash: "f6d9e05826077d87d0aae73f5cb7fa5577b4299dc1b5daf498f29619c898450c"
+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 143 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICIES.
+
+Section 1 of this Act clarifies the definition of the term “policy” for purposes of §§ 3903-3907 of Title 18 of the Delaware Code to apply only to personal automobile insurance policies and not commercial or other types of policies.
+
+## 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=47429&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB143)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2019-06-21** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2019-07-23** 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/49b4d218-3006-4a1e-896c-92cb0076ddb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+