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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OFFICES."
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description: "This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 77"
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citation: "Delaware HB 77 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryon H. Short", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-16"
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last_action: "2017-08-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d94b21-27f2-4667-876b-8c16c27eb97b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25474"
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source_hash: "195633af17ef783547be4d9e83b3e6406e452c726b9f8d10677cf002f0a91d50"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 77 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OFFICES.
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This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25474&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB77)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **16–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-16** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-08-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2d94b21-27f2-4667-876b-8c16c27eb97b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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