republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-393.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE.	This Bill updates the Delaware Viatical Settlements Act by amending the license and bond requirements for a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker. The Act allows an applicant seeking licensure as a viatical settlement provider to prove financial responsibility by (1) providing audited financial statements showing a minimum equity of more than 250 thousand dollars or (2) providing audited annual financial statements showing positive equity and a surety bond for 250 thousand dollars or a letter of credit amounting 250 thousand dollars. The applicant also may provide proof of financial responsibility if they are licensed in another state and have established proof of financial responsibility to said state.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 393	Delaware HB 393 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryon H. Short Nicole Poore	1	9	2	2018-05-01	2018-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d9a0b2e1-6d0f-454a-bc4b-52bb76e6a782	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26594	24d5a98a84cb3096585dc779dee0eb2e088dd420066299cc0643e46a1b052534	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 393 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE.

This Bill updates the Delaware Viatical Settlements Act by amending the license and bond requirements for a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker. The Act allows an applicant seeking licensure as a viatical settlement provider to prove financial responsibility by (1) providing audited financial statements showing a minimum equity of more than 250 thousand dollars or (2) providing audited annual financial statements showing positive equity and a surety bond for 250 thousand dollars or a letter of credit amounting 250 thousand dollars. The applicant also may provide proof of financial responsibility if they are licensed in another state and have established proof of financial responsibility to said state.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-01 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-05-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 393 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-19 Amendment HA 1 to HB 393 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-19 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-19 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9a0b2e1-6d0f-454a-bc4b-52bb76e6a782. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).