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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PET INSURANCE."
+description: "This Act establishes the comprehensive framework for the regulation of pet insurance transacted in Delaware. The Act reflects the adoption of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Pet Insurance Model Act, with adjustments made to conform the model act to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, including using the singular tense of a word rather than the plural tense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 156"
+citation: "Delaware HB 156 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-12"
+last_action: "2023-08-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3604863-6481-40e1-95fe-1dc2acef4427"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140384"
+source_hash: "de79b2b7ae21604fd3e6c195b6656ff7223e6747bfad35a12421d3978ad20515"
+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 156 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PET INSURANCE.
+
+This Act establishes the comprehensive framework for the regulation of pet insurance transacted in Delaware. The Act reflects the adoption of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Pet Insurance Model Act, with adjustments made to conform the model act to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, including using the singular tense of a word rather than the plural tense.
+
+## 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=140384&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB156)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-12** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2023-08-31** 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/c3604863-6481-40e1-95fe-1dc2acef4427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+