---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE"
description: "This bill increases the annual assessment to each insurance company admitted or authorized to transact the business in Delaware from $750 to $900 for the costs of administration and operation of the Insurance’s Fraud Prevention Bureau."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Delaware HB 303 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27e8cbd9-51fc-452d-961b-98428040985e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26274"
source_hash: "580ffa12d83913e4d9aa9e2cd343880d4df77695e1638c7c7c71fd5d637b23b8"
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 303 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE

This bill increases the annual assessment to each insurance company admitted or authorized to transact the business in Delaware from $750 to $900 for the costs of administration and operation of the Insurance’s Fraud Prevention Bureau.

## 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=26274&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB303)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **12–5** (fail) · upper
- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **17–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-23** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19** Defeated By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `failure`
- **2018-06-19** Reconsidered in Senate
- **2018-06-19** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- **2018-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-23** 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/27e8cbd9-51fc-452d-961b-98428040985e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).