---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CANCER TREATMENTS."
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CANCER TREATMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "Delaware HB 120 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryan Townsend", "David B. McBride", "David P. Sokola", "Joseph E. Miro", "Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-30"
last_action: "2017-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f6e98bb-8423-4039-8e74-45b49fe878ed"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25580"
source_hash: "5770f45794071903aea8ca3ab4c8046ccf6d99af26ca0d5d8eefa32e3cac88c7"
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 120 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CANCER TREATMENTS.

## 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=25580&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB120)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-30** Introduced in House and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee `introduction`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 120 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 120 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-09-20** 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/7f6e98bb-8423-4039-8e74-45b49fe878ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).