---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE."
description: "This Act changes Delaware’s law related to liability insurance for rental vehicles. Under the Act, the minimum level of coverage required for a vehicle owner’s policy of liability insurance under § 2902 of this title is also required for a vehicle owner’s rental of a vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Delaware SB 257 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David L. Wilson", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Nicole Poore", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-28"
last_action: "2024-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6bed115-1b29-43ff-ab36-9258ecb43548"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141162"
source_hash: "2eab596f515ccc6b2a111d58f1d49ff804c5a1c2376e51078028724d43b7ee92"
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 257 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE.

This Act changes Delaware’s law related to liability insurance for rental vehicles. Under the Act, the minimum level of coverage required for a vehicle owner’s policy of liability insurance under § 2902 of this title is also required for a vehicle owner’s rental of a vehicle.

## 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=141162&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB257)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-09-26** 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/d6bed115-1b29-43ff-ab36-9258ecb43548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).