---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE POLICIES."
description: "This bill establishes the timeframe within which a property insurer must give prior written notice of its intent to cancel a policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Delaware SB 79 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49674873-ae73-4742-b17f-6e022a020b43"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48412"
source_hash: "326bf463231c2610841923a189a5678c19495e28f411312522acdbc0e1fd1bb3"
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 79 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE POLICIES.

This bill establishes the timeframe within which a property insurer must give prior written notice of its intent to cancel a policy.

## 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=48412&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB79)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 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/49674873-ae73-4742-b17f-6e022a020b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).