---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OFFICES."
description: "This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Delaware HB 77 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryon H. Short", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d94b21-27f2-4667-876b-8c16c27eb97b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25474"
source_hash: "195633af17ef783547be4d9e83b3e6406e452c726b9f8d10677cf002f0a91d50"
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 77 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OFFICES.

This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County.

## 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=25474&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB77)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **16–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-08-01** 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/e2d94b21-27f2-4667-876b-8c16c27eb97b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).