---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "This Act removes taproom from the establishments for which the Commissioner shall refuse to grant a license for the sale of alcohol when there is an existing licensed establishment of similar type within a specified distance. The minimum distance between licensed establishments of similar type is made applicable only to a store or establishment for consumption off premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "Delaware HB 143 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kimberly Williams"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4357256c-4ad9-4aaa-8fe5-b99c5d5afa7a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58549"
source_hash: "6276a069ed7becd6e7c6e4d57e92c06a348bed61090b189dc45faa812cc42d2d"
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 143 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This Act removes taproom from the establishments for which the Commissioner shall refuse to grant a license for the sale of alcohol when there is an existing licensed establishment of similar type within a specified distance. The minimum distance between licensed establishments of similar type is made applicable only to a store or establishment for consumption off premises.

## 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=58549&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB143)
2. **HA 1 to HB 143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68698&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-01** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 143 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 143 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-15** 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/4357256c-4ad9-4aaa-8fe5-b99c5d5afa7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).