---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FARM WINERIES."
description: "This Act permits a farm winery to apply for a license for use of a portion of the farm winery premises as a restaurant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "Delaware HB 423 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Daniel B. Short", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-06"
last_action: "2024-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65346c9b-0697-4055-b331-aed243e2d7a6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141513"
source_hash: "e338289b6d85f12f5c81f0b7148a29f68b4aabb6d5bda13c28156f67290a6985"
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 423 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FARM WINERIES.

This Act permits a farm winery to apply for a license for use of a portion of the farm winery premises as a restaurant.

## 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=141513&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB423)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-10-23** 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/65346c9b-0697-4055-b331-aed243e2d7a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).