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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO SERVICE CONTRACTS AND PRODUCT WARRANTIES. Delaware is one of only a few states that does not provide statutory or regulatory authority regarding the regulation of service contracts and warranties. In some states, these products are regulated as insurance products. In other states, the Attorney Generals office retains oversight of these products. In Delaware, the regulation of these products is governed by a letter issued by the Department of Insurance in 1993 and Domestic/Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 5 issued in 1997. This legislation essentially codifies the existing legal practice, and makes clear these products are not regulated as insurance products thus providing the Department of Justice with the authority to address legal issues pertaining to service contracts and product warranties. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 150 HB 106 Delaware HB 106 (150)
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Delaware HB 106 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO SERVICE CONTRACTS AND PRODUCT WARRANTIES.

Delaware is one of only a few states that does not provide statutory or regulatory authority regarding the regulation of service contracts and warranties. In some states, these products are regulated as insurance products. In other states, the Attorney Generals office retains oversight of these products. In Delaware, the regulation of these products is governed by a letter issued by the Department of Insurance in 1993 and Domestic/Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 5 issued in 1997. This legislation essentially codifies the existing legal practice, and makes clear these products are not regulated as insurance products thus providing the Department of Justice with the authority to address legal issues pertaining to service contracts and product warranties.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Trey Paradee — primary (person)
  • William Bush — primary (person)
  • Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
  • Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-03-28 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-04-10 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2019-05-14 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2019-05-15 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-05 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-06-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2019-06-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a94bb108-ec9e-4bcb-b945-d2aa72405919. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).