---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE EXAMINATIONS."
description: "This Act eliminates § 321(d) since § 321(c) sets forth the accepted process for furnishing of examination reports and hearing requests by the Commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Delaware HB 42 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-18"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef1e785-6890-4854-a8db-dc75d1068a3b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48227"
source_hash: "4bebad793d727306300108d0234e0ea916be31871a03b85e00207b4710dce2b1"
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 42 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE EXAMINATIONS.

This Act eliminates § 321(d) since § 321(c) sets forth the accepted process for furnishing of examination reports and hearing requests by the Commissioner.

## 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=48227&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB42)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-03-11** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-07-30** 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/6ef1e785-6890-4854-a8db-dc75d1068a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).