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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES. This bill resolves an internal inconsistency in the Insurance Code regarding the timing of payment of taxes for captive insurance companies and surplus lines brokers. Sections 1917 and 6914 of the Insurance Code specifically address the amount and timing of taxes due for surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies, respectively. Surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies will continue to pay premium taxes in accordance with Sections 1917 and 6914, respectively, as they have historically. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 153 HB 7 Delaware HB 7 (153)
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Nicole Poore
Spiros Mantzavinos
William Bush
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Delaware HB 7 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES.

This bill resolves an internal inconsistency in the Insurance Code regarding the timing of payment of taxes for captive insurance companies and surplus lines brokers. Sections 1917 and 6914 of the Insurance Code specifically address the amount and timing of taxes due for surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies, respectively. Surplus lines brokers and captive insurance companies will continue to pay premium taxes in accordance with Sections 1917 and 6914, respectively, as they have historically.

Version chain

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

Votes

  • SM — 360 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 190 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
  • William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-16 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2025-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-01-28 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-19 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2025-03-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-04-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4547b933-80a2-4fdf-beb8-c17f9a50cffa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).