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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF PARTIALLY CONSUMED ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS FROM A PREMISE. | This Bill would allow all on-premises licensees who sell a bottle of alcohol (other than beer) to place a cap on the bottle and allow patrons to take it home with them for consumption later. Delaware was one of the first states to recognize that it was important that patrons who purchase a bottle of wine have the opportunity to take the remainder of the bottle home with them rather than face the choice of drinking more than they should and driving, or leaving part of the bottle they had paid for at the premise. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 284 | Delaware HB 284 (149) |
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Delaware HB 284 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF PARTIALLY CONSUMED ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS FROM A PREMISE.
This Bill would allow all on-premises licensees who sell a bottle of alcohol (other than beer) to place a cap on the bottle and allow patrons to take it home with them for consumption later. Delaware was one of the first states to recognize that it was important that patrons who purchase a bottle of wine have the opportunity to take the remainder of the bottle home with them rather than face the choice of drinking more than they should and driving, or leaving part of the bottle they had paid for at the premise.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 40–1 (pass) · lower
- SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-04 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-01-24 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2018-03-06 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO
passage - 2018-03-09 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-04-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2018-05-29 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e539b1f-3d2f-4ac1-ae71-8ce507eb4db6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).