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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE AND LINE-OF-DUTY DISABILITY POLICIES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 160"
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citation: "Delaware SB 160 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell", "Nicole Poore", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dddb5f4-9800-47ec-b56c-b2a5885d340c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78787"
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source_hash: "f880b2c850aa7f6e969439c9281941c7358f36a62e7c55b6d4673bbb2636f09e"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=78787&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB160)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-16** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-18** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-08-10** 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/4dddb5f4-9800-47ec-b56c-b2a5885d340c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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