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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS."
+description: "This bill expands record retention requirements for licensed producers, adjusters and appraisers from 3 to 5 years. The bill also makes technical changes to conform to the Legislative Drafting Manual."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 48"
+citation: "Delaware HB 48 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-05-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b5993b-777e-4bd5-b082-673e51535ebc"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129933"
+source_hash: "38daeb10ecdf3d262bb9154b9e77c8b91ab12a691990143122d896e038533755"
+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 48 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.
+
+This bill expands record retention requirements for licensed producers, adjusters and appraisers from 3 to 5 years. The bill also makes technical changes to conform to the Legislative Drafting Manual.
+
+## 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=129933&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB48)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-01-26** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2023-05-25** 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/d2b5993b-777e-4bd5-b082-673e51535ebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+