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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE."
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description: "Before the filing of a lawsuit, automobile insurance companies are currently not required to disclose liability coverage information to an injured claimant or the attorney representing that claimant. However, once a lawsuit is filed, this information must be disclosed. This legislation will reduce the number of lawsuits filed by requiring automobile insurance companies to disclose liability coverage information prior to the time that a lawsuit is filed."
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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 413"
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citation: "Delaware HB 413 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-05-09"
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last_action: "2018-09-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd910a4a-03be-4240-9b9f-3e776eb5d582"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26671"
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source_hash: "468f06e0344f5bd402f0d1605fd2a8b853ff6d586c15ea02bd2cf4029bcd058e"
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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 413 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE.
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Before the filing of a lawsuit, automobile insurance companies are currently not required to disclose liability coverage information to an injured claimant or the attorney representing that claimant. However, once a lawsuit is filed, this information must be disclosed. This legislation will reduce the number of lawsuits filed by requiring automobile insurance companies to disclose liability coverage information prior to the time that a lawsuit is filed.
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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=26671&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB413)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 413 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 413 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/dd910a4a-03be-4240-9b9f-3e776eb5d582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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