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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEER GARDENS."
+description: "This Act eliminates the requirement of a daily average of no less than 25 full time employees to operate a beer garden. Beer gardens are presently the only liquor establishments that have a statutory staffing requirement. This Act also includes beer gardens along with taprooms and taverns as establishments the Commissioner may deny a license if an existing same establishment is within 1200 feet, by accessible public road in an incorporated city or town, or 9/10 of a mile in an unincorporated or rural area."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 69"
+citation: "Delaware HB 69 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael F. Smith", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sean M. Lynn"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-02"
+last_action: "2023-05-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e3eb1f-aebc-4a41-9b50-269924bdcc0c"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130037"
+source_hash: "abd227fd204cf21bae0e544cd71c8b93ec0697b8c53103ec2e905821f5de6e21"
+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 69 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEER GARDENS.
+
+This Act eliminates the requirement of a daily average of no less than 25 full time employees to operate a beer garden. Beer gardens are presently the only liquor establishments that have a statutory staffing requirement. This Act also includes beer gardens along with taprooms and taverns as establishments the Commissioner may deny a license if an existing same establishment is within 1200 feet, by accessible public road in an incorporated city or town, or 9/10 of a mile in an unincorporated or rural area.
+
+## 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=130037&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB69)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-02** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-03-16** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2023-05-25** 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/47e3eb1f-aebc-4a41-9b50-269924bdcc0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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