---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "This bill allows liquor stores, farm wineries, brewery-pubs, microbreweries, craft distilleries, and wine auctions to provide curbside service for the sale of alcohol, but makes clear that all sales must comply with all of the regulatory provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 4, including the prohibition against sales to intoxicated persons and persons under 21 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 289"
citation: "Delaware HB 289 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3670e6a3-d807-4456-8917-e0119ffab85f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79089"
source_hash: "1b22568bbaee83c876e143c9be52f44b8ff9e938ed9a3492dd85f2b5a4e66847"
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 289 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This bill allows liquor stores, farm wineries, brewery-pubs, microbreweries, craft distilleries, and wine auctions to provide curbside service for the sale of alcohol, but makes clear that all sales must comply with all of the regulatory provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 4, including the prohibition against sales to intoxicated persons and persons under 21 years of age.

## 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=79089&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB289)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-01-20** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-02-07** 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/3670e6a3-d807-4456-8917-e0119ffab85f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).