---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS SOLD FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION."
description: "This Act would allow valid on-premise license holders to sell 1 bottle of a private label spirit purchased from a Delaware licensed importer that is either limited availability or limited allocation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Delaware SB 185 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-11"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93b7b4fb-f4a5-4971-b1e6-ad4406d9fe19"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142512"
source_hash: "346b6225c855faf63587c7208e553eb831a40e0820aec7e0a9bafd6b8f1d6df3"
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 185 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS SOLD FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

This Act would allow valid on-premise license holders to sell 1 bottle of a private label spirit purchased from a Delaware licensed importer that is either limited availability or limited allocation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SA 1 to SB 185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142837&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Amendment SA 1 to SB 185 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-29** Amendment SA 1 to SB 185 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-05-19** 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/93b7b4fb-f4a5-4971-b1e6-ad4406d9fe19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).