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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE."
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description: "This bill allows for small employers who have more than 5 employees to obtain a “stop loss” policy for health insurance. This will provide more options for small employers in the health insurance market. Additionally these changes bring the section into compliance with the Delaware Legislative Drafting manual."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 406"
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citation: "Delaware HB 406 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-05-03"
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last_action: "2018-09-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad15a0b0-81a4-4947-9e22-4876e5f559a6"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26627"
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source_hash: "bb5fe66587168f5a56a531966b1ec23d80822ebe19b24ccc958e33396b44b7f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 406 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE.
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This bill allows for small employers who have more than 5 employees to obtain a “stop loss” policy for health insurance. This will provide more options for small employers in the health insurance market. Additionally these changes bring the section into compliance with the Delaware Legislative Drafting manual.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26627&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB406)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-03** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES `passage`
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- **2018-06-21** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-28** Rules Suspended in Senate
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- **2018-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-09-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad15a0b0-81a4-4947-9e22-4876e5f559a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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