---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSURANCE DATA SECURITY ACT."
description: "This Act establishes standards for data security for Title 18 licensees and standards for the investigation of and notification to the Commissioner of a cybersecurity event affecting Title 18 licensees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Delaware HB 174 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Nicole Poore", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-03"
last_action: "2019-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a67ba660-658d-49e7-92e7-2119b384fecc"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47568"
source_hash: "dfd77665b61e538d3a8fa4eb1c66b3e6c7186044a45dcb42412f802c971e9ac9"
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 174 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSURANCE DATA SECURITY ACT.

This Act establishes standards for data security for Title 18 licensees and standards for the investigation of and notification to the Commissioner of a cybersecurity event affecting Title 18 licensees.

## 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=47568&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB174)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-31** 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/a67ba660-658d-49e7-92e7-2119b384fecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).