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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE."
description: "This bill enhances Delaware's attractiveness as a captive insurance domicile by creating a streamlined and inexpensive regulatory regime for captive insurance companies that are dormant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Delaware HB 87 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba4d45f-5cf4-4139-bc73-e4998d9a4c61"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25499"
source_hash: "067546a84c18195a27194969d9ab9ad0a9039c5412aeedae83ce602673137dbf"
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 87 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.
This bill enhances Delaware's attractiveness as a captive insurance domicile by creating a streamlined and inexpensive regulatory regime for captive insurance companies that are dormant.
## 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=25499&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB87)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Laid On Table in House
- **2017-05-18** Lifted From Table in House
- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 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`
- **2017-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-08-30** 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/5ba4d45f-5cf4-4139-bc73-e4998d9a4c61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).