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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE."
description: "This Act authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to issue conditional certificates of authority to captive insurance company applicants, which authorizes the captive insurance company applicant to conduct business while the Insurance Commissioner completes the review of the application materials. Conditional certificates of authority will be issued only upon receipt of evidence of the minimum capital and surplus required by Chapter 69 and a certification from the captive owner that the application materials comply with the requirements of Chapter 69. A captive insurance company granted a conditional certificate of authority must pay the Insurance Commissioner a fee of $100."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 334"
citation: "Delaware HB 334 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-13"
last_action: "2018-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/774ac54c-6cbf-4345-a6cf-90c0230dd40f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26359"
source_hash: "f793c4d4f561320a66e8ccc8b0eb70e62128b953afce9c9672404935b88ee310"
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 334 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.
This Act authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to issue conditional certificates of authority to captive insurance company applicants, which authorizes the captive insurance company applicant to conduct business while the Insurance Commissioner completes the review of the application materials. Conditional certificates of authority will be issued only upon receipt of evidence of the minimum capital and surplus required by Chapter 69 and a certification from the captive owner that the application materials comply with the requirements of Chapter 69. A captive insurance company granted a conditional certificate of authority must pay the Insurance Commissioner a fee of $100.
## 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=26359&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB334)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **200** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-13** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-10-16** 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/774ac54c-6cbf-4345-a6cf-90c0230dd40f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).