Delaware House Bill 371

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: Engrossed on May 16 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-05-16 - Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act changes how the Insurance Commissioner and the State Treasurer provide for distributions from taxes collected by the Insurance Commissioner to be made to fire companies or departments in Delaware. The current method for reporting, calculating, and making distributions to fire companies or departments is complex to administer and can lead to incorrect payments. This Act simplifies the reporting process and provides a new method for calculating the funds distributed to fire departments and companies in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County outside of Wilmington, Kent County, and Sussex County. Specifically, it reduces the number of payments per year from two to one, gives the Insurance Commissioner more time to ensure the accuracy of insurer-reported financial data, and establishes detailed guidelines for how the funds should be distributed to the various fire companies or departments. This Act also makes changes to the reporting requirements related to payments made by the State Treasurer to the State Insurance Coverage Office.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Fire Prevention Commission, Fire Companies Or Departments, And The State Insurance Coverage Office.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]

2024-05-16 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-16		Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate
2024-05-16		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2024-04-23		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2024-04-11		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141185
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141185&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB371
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55678