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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE AND LINE-OF-DUTY DISABILITY POLICIES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. This allows a policy to be purchased by the Insurance Coverage Office to cover cancer for active Volunteer Firefighters, Paid Firefighters, Fire Marshals, Fire Instructors, Fire Police, EMTs, and Paramedics of the State of Delaware exclusive of those in private sector. This policy will be funded by an assessment calculated based on reporting of gross premiums by insurers writing certain lines of insurance under § 705 of Title 18. The benefits will provide a lump sum for early and advance stages of cancer and monthly income benefits for 36 months. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 SB 160 Delaware SB 160 (151)
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Delaware SB 160 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE AND LINE-OF-DUTY DISABILITY POLICIES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

This allows a policy to be purchased by the Insurance Coverage Office to cover cancer for active Volunteer Firefighters, Paid Firefighters, Fire Marshals, Fire Instructors, Fire Police, EMTs, and Paramedics of the State of Delaware exclusive of those in private sector. This policy will be funded by an assessment calculated based on reporting of gross premiums by insurers writing certain lines of insurance under § 705 of Title 18. The benefits will provide a lump sum for early and advance stages of cancer and monthly income benefits for 36 months.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2/3 — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
  • John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • William J. Carson — primary (person)
  • David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
  • Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-16 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2021-06-18 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2021-06-23 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dddb5f4-9800-47ec-b56c-b2a5885d340c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).