---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "This bill changes the time a holder of a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor for on-premises consumption may sell alcohol from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Delaware HB 235 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-16"
last_action: "2024-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f313e5be-aaac-4aa8-b41b-fcab14484b07"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140651"
source_hash: "0854218c9190c551c289a71f524f766eb4f9a0d44e95e19b9237c6aa3fff2b8e"
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 235 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This bill changes the time a holder of a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor for on-premises consumption may sell alcohol from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

## 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=140651&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB235)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-16** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-21** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2024-01-11** 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/f313e5be-aaac-4aa8-b41b-fcab14484b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).