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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE."
description: "This bill reorganizes provisions within the Insurance Code to centralize licensing and filing fees within one statutory provision (§ 701) and reconciles differences between the licensing and filing fees set forth in § 701 and within the specific licensing statutes. This bill also creates new licensing or registration fees for reciprocal insurers and certified reinsurers to align the costs of processing applications for these insurers with similarly-licensed or accredited insurers and reinsurers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 283"
citation: "Delaware HB 283 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ed138e7-431e-454d-91f1-1c5853fbc5c8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140845"
source_hash: "3b763f77949696258811867870a77c3c6770dcb3051ae1dc76adc32bb3673964"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 283 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE.
This bill reorganizes provisions within the Insurance Code to centralize licensing and filing fees within one statutory provision (§ 701) and reconciles differences between the licensing and filing fees set forth in § 701 and within the specific licensing statutes. This bill also creates new licensing or registration fees for reciprocal insurers and certified reinsurers to align the costs of processing applications for these insurers with similarly-licensed or accredited insurers and reinsurers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140845&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB283)
2. **HA 1 to HB 283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140868&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **180** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-11** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 283 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-23** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 283 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-08-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ed138e7-431e-454d-91f1-1c5853fbc5c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).