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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING THE SALE OF COOKING WINE AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. | “Cooking wine” contains alcohol but has been exempted from alcohol regulation by the federal government (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) and many states as long as it contains no more than 20% alcohol by volume and no less than 1.5% salt, thereby making it unfit for beverage consumption. This Act adds cooking wine to the list of exempted liquids from the alcohol regulation. This Act provides that DATE may investigate allegations of misuse of § 725 of this title and refer the matter to the Commissioner for a hearing if the manufacturer or seller disagrees with DATE’s determination. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 167 | Delaware HB 167 (149) |
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Delaware HB 167 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING THE SALE OF COOKING WINE AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
“Cooking wine” contains alcohol but has been exempted from alcohol regulation by the federal government (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) and many states as long as it contains no more than 20% alcohol by volume and no less than 1.5% salt, thereby making it unfit for beverage consumption. This Act adds cooking wine to the list of exempted liquids from the alcohol regulation. This Act provides that DATE may investigate allegations of misuse of § 725 of this title and refer the matter to the Commissioner for a hearing if the manufacturer or seller disagrees with DATE’s determination.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 19–1 (pass) · upper
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — 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 - 2017-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2017-05-16 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2017-05-17 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2017-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
passage - 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/754ce17b-4e89-4283-b245-7e699a3e1b2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).