republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-139.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY HEARINGS.	This substitute to House Bill No. 139 grants the Insurance Coverage Office, which is tasked by statute with adjusting all claims and paying losses covered by the Fund, standing to participate in line of duty death claims. Like House Bill No. 139, this substitute also eliminates a requirement for the Insurance Commissioner to hold a hearing for every Line-of-Duty Death claim, and instead mandates they occur only if the claim is contested, and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 139	Delaware HB 139 (153)	bill		enacted	Spiros Mantzavinos William Bush	0	6	2	2025-06-05	2025-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a5bfa627-6596-40c1-932c-d05a4c0cbd27	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142441	637e9dfa556b7158841a55657b0a077f535caaa6b7e4f3f107042ea9b67df6ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 139 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY HEARINGS.

This substitute to House Bill No. 139 grants the Insurance Coverage Office, which is tasked by statute with adjusting all claims and paying losses covered by the Fund, standing to participate in line of duty death claims. Like House Bill No. 139, this substitute also eliminates a requirement for the Insurance Commissioner to hold a hearing for every Line-of-Duty Death claim, and instead mandates they occur only if the claim is contested, and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-05 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 139 introduction
• 2025-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-12 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-07-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5bfa627-6596-40c1-932c-d05a4c0cbd27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).