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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS."
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description: "This Act amends the Delaware Viatical Settlements Act by permanently removing the bond requirements for viatical settlement brokers and updating a reference to \"life settlement brokers\" by replacing it with \"viatical settlement brokers\"."
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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 37"
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citation: "Delaware SB 37 (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: "2021-01-14"
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last_action: "2021-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98a6270-f3f7-480d-8a0f-a1f1c84508c1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48297"
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source_hash: "6ad2cac10fda71c98dbee44405eeba6be101eec9e9de04b137dda1d8a80ccad9"
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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 37 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS.
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This Act amends the Delaware Viatical Settlements Act by permanently removing the bond requirements for viatical settlement brokers and updating a reference to "life settlement brokers" by replacing it with "viatical settlement brokers".
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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=48297&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB37)
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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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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-14** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-26** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-01-27** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-26** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-04-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** 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/a98a6270-f3f7-480d-8a0f-a1f1c84508c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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