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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING THE SALE OF COOKING WINE AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
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description: "“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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 167"
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citation: "Delaware HB 167 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-09"
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last_action: "2017-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/754ce17b-4e89-4283-b245-7e699a3e1b2e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25749"
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source_hash: "e1419b1a24fb7f353fb5f61bad4b7e6f53c7f94aed587d19451c43ccb1c42d54"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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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.
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“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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25749&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB167)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-17** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/754ce17b-4e89-4283-b245-7e699a3e1b2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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