---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE."
description: "This legislation revises § 5006 of the Insurance Code to track the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Model Holding Company Act with respect to the Commissioner’s power to examine insurers and have access to books and records of insurers in order to ensure compliance with the Holding Company Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Delaware HB 81 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24fa5b9-b2a6-488c-a9f8-6ba3686aa776"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25481"
source_hash: "7604cfa93cec60b8cf2a513bc37dc018e28f0f2390ee768bb151151cf1ab958b"
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 81 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE.

This legislation revises § 5006 of the Insurance Code to track the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Model Holding Company Act with respect to the Commissioner’s power to examine insurers and have access to books and records of insurers in order to ensure compliance with the Holding Company Act.

## 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=25481&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB81)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — 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`
- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-08-30** 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/f24fa5b9-b2a6-488c-a9f8-6ba3686aa776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).