republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-66.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VIATICAL AND LIFE SETTLEMENTS.	On June 30, 2016, the Delaware State Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 19 (“S.R. 19”), requesting the Delaware Department of Insurance (the “Department”) to examine the secondary market for life insurance policies and make recommendations for possible legislation. In response to S.R. 19, the Department issued a report in December 2016 recommending the adoption of the Model Viatical Settlements Act adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”). This bill significantly modifies 18 Del. C. Chapter 75, the Delaware Viatical Settlements Act by adopting the NAIC Model. This bill establishes strong consumer protections while protecting policyholder rights. Key provisions include:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 66	Delaware SB 66 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Bryon H. Short	1	8	3	2017-04-25	2017-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/4705c35b-836f-473c-a367-4b29c540a2a8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25656	23718ce2cc70e15b9cb4a4833645ca32e6fcc3275c81499601fc335994f8f920	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 66 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VIATICAL AND LIFE SETTLEMENTS.

On June 30, 2016, the Delaware State Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 19 (“S.R. 19”), requesting the Delaware Department of Insurance (the “Department”) to examine the secondary market for life insurance policies and make recommendations for possible legislation. In response to S.R. 19, the Department issued a report in December 2016 recommending the adoption of the Model Viatical Settlements Act adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”). This bill significantly modifies 18 Del. C. Chapter 75, the Delaware Viatical Settlements Act by adopting the NAIC Model. This bill establishes strong consumer protections while protecting policyholder rights. Key provisions include:

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
• Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-25 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-01 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-09-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4705c35b-836f-473c-a367-4b29c540a2a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).