republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-228.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE RATE FILINGS.	Section 1 of the bill amends Delaware’s file-and-use statute for insurance rate filings to extend the timeline for filing and reviewing insurers’ rate filing by (1) requiring rate filings to be filed at least 60 days in advance of the proposed effective date, and (2) authorizing the Commissioner to extend the timeframe to review the filing and postpone the effective date of the filing pending completion of the extended review. Section 2 of the bill sets forth the process for when the Commissioner proposes to deny a rate filing and requires that a filing may not become effective until a final order is issued. Section 2 of the bill also corrects technical errors in the current law.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 228	Delaware HB 228 (152)	bill		enacted	Kendra Johnson William Bush	1	7	2	2023-06-15	2023-08-31	openstates	ocd-bill/543a5717-df2f-4b43-b137-629c9bef2c09	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140621	55d370a2514585702322d24fa0fbbd018344e42e598cc00e3ce5ecaf0a38e199	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 228 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE RATE FILINGS.

Section 1 of the bill amends Delaware’s file-and-use statute for insurance rate filings to extend the timeline for filing and reviewing insurers’ rate filing by (1) requiring rate filings to be filed at least 60 days in advance of the proposed effective date, and (2) authorizing the Commissioner to extend the timeframe to review the filing and postpone the effective date of the filing pending completion of the extended review. Section 2 of the bill sets forth the process for when the Commissioner proposes to deny a rate filing and requires that a filing may not become effective until a final order is issued. Section 2 of the bill also corrects technical errors in the current law.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-15 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-21 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-08-31 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/543a5717-df2f-4b43-b137-629c9bef2c09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).