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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "This bill changes the times when the sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption may occur on Sundays to be from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 166"
citation: "Delaware HB 166 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Debra Heffernan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-09"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e2faa24-4c90-42b0-8e35-a227a4f70903"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25746"
source_hash: "298e529228f5e92bbaa32182b3b8cc0ff8c7eb2daa428553a019aedb54e8a194"
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 166 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
This bill changes the times when the sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption may occur on Sundays to be from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.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=25746&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB166)
## Votes
- SM — **288** (pass) · lower
- SM — **183** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 8 NO 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-15** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO `passage`
- **2017-07-12** 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/2e2faa24-4c90-42b0-8e35-a227a4f70903`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).