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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE INSURANCE AND LITIGATION."
+description: "This bill amends Chapter 68 of Title 18, related to medical negligence insurance and litigation, to repeal those provisions of the law that are expired or that are no longer used as a matter of practice in medical negligence litigation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 208"
+citation: "Delaware SB 208 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Michael Ramone", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3b88919-d3bf-42a3-b1d5-9195038ee967"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140863"
+source_hash: "d8cc075bc4df1f10054a87f09854d4ffd00ac2e477cee27205b6d2ad1adcb70d"
+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 208 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE INSURANCE AND LITIGATION.
+
+This bill amends Chapter 68 of Title 18, related to medical negligence insurance and litigation, to repeal those provisions of the law that are expired or that are no longer used as a matter of practice in medical negligence litigation.
+
+## 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=140863&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB208)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-17** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-02-29** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-08-29** 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/a3b88919-d3bf-42a3-b1d5-9195038ee967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+