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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS."
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description: "This Act extends the limited licensing exemption for adjusters, who are dispatched by insurers to the State after catastrophic events, such as hurricanes or tornadoes, to appraisers. This change will allow for the prompt appraisal and settlement of motor vehicle claims arising from such catastrophic events."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 43"
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citation: "Delaware HB 43 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-18"
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last_action: "2021-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b279e9cc-7385-449c-98bd-97ca8457ea52"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48228"
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source_hash: "474dbb19f0461cfd53ba9019862a5c283ed5e2cfc92a196e8b2dbdd780c55eae"
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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 43 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS.
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This Act extends the limited licensing exemption for adjusters, who are dispatched by insurers to the State after catastrophic events, such as hurricanes or tornadoes, to appraisers. This change will allow for the prompt appraisal and settlement of motor vehicle claims arising from such catastrophic events.
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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=48228&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB43)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-12** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-03-18** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-03-18** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-17** 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/b279e9cc-7385-449c-98bd-97ca8457ea52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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