---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "This Act removes the exemption in § 543(d)(4) of Title 4 (reduced distance requirements based on population growth) to the prohibition against granting a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor if there is an existing licensed establishment of similar type within either of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Delaware SB 230 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Ramone", "Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2637b590-18db-49e3-92b0-b112f88e37b0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79155"
source_hash: "8a86f06e13636a533b9c718bf556817130f400e43a5649228b1542bf24b41df0"
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 SB 230 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This Act removes the exemption in § 543(d)(4) of Title 4 (reduced distance requirements based on population growth) to the prohibition against granting a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor if there is an existing licensed establishment of similar type within either 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=79155&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB230)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **33–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 5 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-04-13** 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/2637b590-18db-49e3-92b0-b112f88e37b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).