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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
+description: "This Act eliminates the requirement that movie theaters selling alcohol have video cameras in each auditorium and the requirement that an employee must pass through each auditorium during a movie showing."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "HB 237"
+citation: "Delaware HB 237 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Quinton Johnson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-18"
+last_action: "2020-08-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29b592d-acf1-48fa-9775-eb7d3dc8727f"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47743"
+source_hash: "4f79b972ba69bbf8ffd26f6d6cd38ffaa97d740eceba7e83b1e02f014f28e913"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 237 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
+
+This Act eliminates the requirement that movie theaters selling alcohol have video cameras in each auditorium and the requirement that an employee must pass through each auditorium during a movie showing.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47743&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB237)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
+- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
+- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2020-01-22** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2020-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2020-08-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29b592d-acf1-48fa-9775-eb7d3dc8727f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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