---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "This Act allows both of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "Delaware HB 463 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "John L. Mitchell", "Kimberly Williams", "Michael F. Smith", "Michael Ramone", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-08"
last_action: "2022-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56493063-5a44-4971-9415-996179c5032b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=119639"
source_hash: "047eb0aefc573dc4fe6c396ae4c2f7c7f5bb9b1a9c7f35de3e0ae76e948fedc2"
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 463 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This Act allows both of the following:

## 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=119639&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB463)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-03** 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/56493063-5a44-4971-9415-996179c5032b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).