---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES."
description: "This bill permits the owner of a beer garden or food establishment to permit leashed dogs on licensed outdoor patios of food establishments and in beer gardens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "Delaware HB 275 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "Ernesto B Lopez", "Jeffrey N. Spiegelman", "John L. Mitchell", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-08-30"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38e29e8a-f317-4d14-a4c2-8c92c71ddc19"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47905"
source_hash: "ff1c1bb75a4a689fcdf9decf2be7cae600160491a5c3d8334677f2051c811d6b"
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 275 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

This bill permits the owner of a beer garden or food establishment to permit leashed dogs on licensed outdoor patios of food establishments and in beer gardens.

## 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=47905&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB275)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-08-30** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-01-16** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-03-03** 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/38e29e8a-f317-4d14-a4c2-8c92c71ddc19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).