---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES."
description: "Section 1 of this Act revises the following definitions:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Delaware SB 36 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28968833-81d7-4422-a982-66ce40ffc23f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48314"
source_hash: "d2417cdef25dbab0f0d1a815f7e12bed58455e01286cf29017d3b9a00ae890d0"
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 36 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Section 1 of this Act revises the following definitions:

## 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=48314&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB36)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 36, and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-04-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-15** 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/28968833-81d7-4422-a982-66ce40ffc23f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).