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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED BY THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT."
description: "This bill implements across-the-board increases to the filing fees associated with Department of Insurance filings, including for insurer Certificates of Authority, producer and adjuster licenses, annual statement filings, and rate and rule filings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 147"
citation: "Delaware HB 147 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c9f1d8-7364-460d-b721-dc439d272cb7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25668"
source_hash: "210cbd353456be192c631a82ee435d44192cc9f627a004c79adcf753d8797a56"
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 147 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED BY THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
This bill implements across-the-board increases to the filing fees associated with Department of Insurance filings, including for insurer Certificates of Authority, producer and adjuster licenses, annual statement filings, and rate and rule filings.
## 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=25668&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB147)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **390** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **360** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **173** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-22** 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** Laid On Table in Senate
- **2017-07-01** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2017-07-01** Amendment SA 1 to HB 147 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES `passage`
- **2017-07-03** 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/b5c9f1d8-7364-460d-b721-dc439d272cb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).