---
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).