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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSIGNABILITY OF INSURANCE CONTRACTS."
+description: "This Act adds a provision addressing the assignability of rights under property insurance policies and authorizes a property insurance carrier to limit a policy’s assignability only to those persons or entities that have the legal authority to represent an insured."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "SB 80"
+citation: "Delaware SB 80 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-04"
+last_action: "2021-07-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dedd6221-b513-4525-853a-484bc5e363b8"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48413"
+source_hash: "cfcf12307fbeb34344af3ebce28105da233ca335b4fa0c8c0c6b8d2793e91783"
+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 SB 80 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSIGNABILITY OF INSURANCE CONTRACTS.
+
+This Act adds a provision addressing the assignability of rights under property insurance policies and authorizes a property insurance carrier to limit a policy’s assignability only to those persons or entities that have the legal authority to represent an insured.
+
+## 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=48413&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB80)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2021-07-30** 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/dedd6221-b513-4525-853a-484bc5e363b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+