Files
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

72 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
description: "Currently, the age for wait staff to serve alcohol to a patron is 19 years old. This Act lowers the age of persons permitted to serve alcohol from 19 to 18 years of age for all establishments licensed for the on-premises sale and consumption of alcoholic liquor except taverns and taprooms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 365"
citation: "Delaware HB 365 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-12"
last_action: "2018-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e203893f-6897-46a6-9f74-f2e7be45e443"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26479"
source_hash: "6cbcfeec4fd77fb87c83fb300f52510fa9b30026878e25c3173191afc9a1a9bf"
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 365 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
Currently, the age for wait staff to serve alcohol to a patron is 19 years old. This Act lowers the age of persons permitted to serve alcohol from 19 to 18 years of age for all establishments licensed for the on-premises sale and consumption of alcoholic liquor except taverns and taprooms.
## 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=26479&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB365)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **370** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-04-12** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-17** 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/e203893f-6897-46a6-9f74-f2e7be45e443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).