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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PAYMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE CLAIMS."
description: "This Act makes the following changes to provisions required in life insurance policies issued in this State:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "Delaware SB 75 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0582a2f-4c7e-492e-8609-72eadc6dbf16"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47351"
source_hash: "6b3325f9d7cf45235e44d46ea7b91b91a20ce640fd3d81ad6a4fb900d12c29fa"
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 SB 75 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PAYMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE CLAIMS.
This Act makes the following changes to provisions required in life insurance policies issued in this State:
## 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=47351&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB75)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-16** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-17** 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/c0582a2f-4c7e-492e-8609-72eadc6dbf16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).