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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES."
+description: "This bill resolves an internal inconsistency in the Insurance Code regarding the timing of payment of taxes for captive insurance companies and surplus lines brokers. Sections 1917 and 6914 of the Insurance Code specifically address the amount and timing of taxes due for surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies, respectively. Surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies will continue to pay premium taxes in accordance with Sections 1917 and 6914, respectively, as they have historically."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 7"
+citation: "Delaware HB 7 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Nicole Poore", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4547b933-80a2-4fdf-beb8-c17f9a50cffa"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141793"
+source_hash: "9fc579f2f76f33ed036d9e46610e73ef39c0367007bec9bf3469a09963b62f95"
+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 7 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES.
+
+This bill resolves an internal inconsistency in the Insurance Code regarding the timing of payment of taxes for captive insurance companies and surplus lines brokers. Sections 1917 and 6914 of the Insurance Code specifically address the amount and timing of taxes due for surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies, respectively. Surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies will continue to pay premium taxes in accordance with Sections 1917 and 6914, respectively, as they have historically.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-28** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-01-28** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-04-14** 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/4547b933-80a2-4fdf-beb8-c17f9a50cffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+