republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-229.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENT INSURANCE PRODUCER LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.	This bill requires applicants for a Delaware resident producer license to either be a Delaware resident or to work for an entity that has a physical location in Delaware out of which the business of insurance is conducted. This bill prohibits the practice of out-of-state applicants using Delaware registered agents or postal boxes to establish residency in Delaware. These changes will help to reduce or eliminate the improper marketing of insurance plans by bad actors that seek to avoid regulatory oversight through these licensing practices.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 229	Delaware SB 229 (151)	bill		enacted	Spiros Mantzavinos William Bush	1	7	2	2022-03-03	2022-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/0fda3373-1159-4a68-983f-082ac75c7db8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79154	949d20c80301e9daa89f4c4b35e9623fbfb6d812fcb8fc88058be3252785f550	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 229 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENT INSURANCE PRODUCER LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.

This bill requires applicants for a Delaware resident producer license to either be a Delaware resident or to work for an entity that has a physical location in Delaware out of which the business of insurance is conducted. This bill prohibits the practice of out-of-state applicants using Delaware registered agents or postal boxes to establish residency in Delaware. These changes will help to reduce or eliminate the improper marketing of insurance plans by bad actors that seek to avoid regulatory oversight through these licensing practices.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-03 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-03-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-12 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-04-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fda3373-1159-4a68-983f-082ac75c7db8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).