---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 28 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARITABLE GAMING."
description: "This Substitute for House Bill No. 389, like House Bill No. 389, provides for an annual raffle license that will allow a licensee to hold up to 20 raffle events each year, requires the licensee to notify the Board at least 7 days prior to a raffle event, and requires a report to the Board after a raffle is conducted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "Delaware HB 389 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-25"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f726042-4787-431c-b969-94180273633c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141657"
source_hash: "cd620311e4311a255e447774413a0f2702e18ac5239517f66f2b51ba95b69877"
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 389 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 28 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARITABLE GAMING.

This Substitute for House Bill No. 389, like House Bill No. 389, provides for an annual raffle license that will allow a licensee to hold up to 20 raffle events each year, requires the licensee to notify the Board at least 7 days prior to a raffle event, and requires a report to the Board after a raffle is conducted.

## 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=141657&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB389)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 389 `introduction`
- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-26** Laid On Table in Senate
- **2024-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2024-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-09-19** 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/7f726042-4787-431c-b969-94180273633c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).