---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "This bill changes the definition of the multi-purpose sports facility to make it available to a broader range of sports facilities that may apply for a liquor license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Delaware HB 35 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Gerald L. Brady", "Harris B. McDowell", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/231c77e2-9e4d-4998-b8e9-49866cd08357"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27065"
source_hash: "f45c6e16b30e4e9fb106f620d6f446578dd1456c9f0aa7121f4de52db14bd9f3"
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 35 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This bill changes the definition of the multi-purpose sports facility to make it available to a broader range of sports facilities that may apply for a liquor license.

## 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=27065&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB35)
2. **HA 1 to HB 35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=27083&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 35 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 35 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-15** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-01-15** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-01-28** 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/231c77e2-9e4d-4998-b8e9-49866cd08357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).