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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICIES."
+description: "Section 1 of this Act clarifies that the reinstatement obligations of insurers under Section 3903(d) apply in instances of both nonrenewals and cancellations of policies due to nonpayment of premiums. Sections 2 through 4 of this Act revise the method by which an insured may contest or appeal a nonrenewal or cancellation of an automobile policy from a hearing process to a review by the Commissioner on the papers, which reflects the Department’s prior practices in handling these appeals and provides a more streamlined and efficient process for timely reviewing a consumer’s appeal. Section 5 of this Act extends the protections against unfair automobile insurance rating practices related to a service member’s deployment to deployments both within and outside of the U.S. and its waters."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 41"
+citation: "Delaware HB 41 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-07"
+last_action: "2021-09-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff135130-6eba-4601-a86c-6a4e0401525b"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48229"
+source_hash: "79b6ef2806e212adb361ea725f89de8878f19ac5f5004e33fe03f05c68dbebd1"
+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 41 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICIES.
+
+Section 1 of this Act clarifies that the reinstatement obligations of insurers under Section 3903(d) apply in instances of both nonrenewals and cancellations of policies due to nonpayment of premiums. Sections 2 through 4 of this Act revise the method by which an insured may contest or appeal a nonrenewal or cancellation of an automobile policy from a hearing process to a review by the Commissioner on the papers, which reflects the Department’s prior practices in handling these appeals and provides a more streamlined and efficient process for timely reviewing a consumer’s appeal. Section 5 of this Act extends the protections against unfair automobile insurance rating practices related to a service member’s deployment to deployments both within and outside of the U.S. and its waters.
+
+## 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=48229&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB41)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-07** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-04** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2021-03-11** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2021-03-12** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2021-09-30** 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/ff135130-6eba-4601-a86c-6a4e0401525b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+