---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSFER OF TITLE FOR AUTO SALVAGE."
description: "This Act permits an insurance company to apply for and receive a salvage certificate, clear of all liens, after payment of a total loss claim, if the insurance company has not been able to obtain the properly endorsed certificate of title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Delaware SB 174 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-25"
last_action: "2018-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a8eeef-d080-41fe-8bbd-b1344707d40b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26509"
source_hash: "83acec9fc41c8cfbb685e4e1ffcbb759eb7c2ede83fed969de6f2dd51e4f7f91"
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 174 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSFER OF TITLE FOR AUTO SALVAGE.

This Act permits an insurance company to apply for and receive a salvage certificate, clear of all liens, after payment of a total loss claim, if the insurance company has not been able to obtain the properly endorsed certificate of title.

## 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=26509&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB174)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment SA 1 to SB 174 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-08** Amendment SA 2 to SB 174 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-10** Amendment SA 1 to SB 174 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Amendment SA 2 to SB 174 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-30** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-11** 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/d0a8eeef-d080-41fe-8bbd-b1344707d40b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).