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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE PAYMENTS."
description: "This Bill would reinstate language formerly in the Delaware Code which would permit insurance agents to issue checks to policyholders in time sensitive situations without having to qualify as claims adjusters. This practice would be subject to regulation by the Department of Insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Delaware HB 379 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Russell Huxtable", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-18"
last_action: "2024-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5b7a8b-3b07-4292-8c93-50defbd8fdd7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141223"
source_hash: "3422658dc92a1e0ed55ac5ba456b1d4f0640ad93446023df2c91a0a173def994"
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 379 (152) — AN ACT AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE PAYMENTS.
This Bill would reinstate language formerly in the Delaware Code which would permit insurance agents to issue checks to policyholders in time sensitive situations without having to qualify as claims adjusters. This practice would be subject to regulation by the Department of Insurance.
## 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=141223&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB379)
## Votes
- SM — **380** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **180** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-30** 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/3f5b7a8b-3b07-4292-8c93-50defbd8fdd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).