---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS."
description: "This bill expands record retention requirements for licensed producers, adjusters and appraisers from 3 to 5 years. The bill also makes technical changes to conform to the Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "Delaware HB 48 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b5993b-777e-4bd5-b082-673e51535ebc"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129933"
source_hash: "38daeb10ecdf3d262bb9154b9e77c8b91ab12a691990143122d896e038533755"
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 48 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.

This bill expands record retention requirements for licensed producers, adjusters and appraisers from 3 to 5 years. The bill also makes technical changes to conform to the Legislative Drafting Manual.

## 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=129933&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB48)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-01-26** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-05-25** 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/d2b5993b-777e-4bd5-b082-673e51535ebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).