republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-257.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE.	This Act changes Delaware’s law related to liability insurance for rental vehicles. Under the Act, the minimum level of coverage required for a vehicle owner’s policy of liability insurance under § 2902 of this title is also required for a vehicle owner’s rental of a vehicle.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 257	Delaware SB 257 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson John "Jack" Walsh Nicole Poore Trey Paradee William Bush	1	7	2	2024-03-28	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d6bed115-1b29-43ff-ab36-9258ecb43548	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141162	2eab596f515ccc6b2a111d58f1d49ff804c5a1c2376e51078028724d43b7ee92	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 257 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE.

This Act changes Delaware’s law related to liability insurance for rental vehicles. Under the Act, the minimum level of coverage required for a vehicle owner’s policy of liability insurance under § 2902 of this title is also required for a vehicle owner’s rental of a vehicle.

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
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-28 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6bed115-1b29-43ff-ab36-9258ecb43548. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).