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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS."
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description: "This Act eliminates the requirement that movie theaters selling alcohol have video cameras in each auditorium and the requirement that an employee must pass through each auditorium during a movie showing."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 237"
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citation: "Delaware HB 237 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Quinton Johnson"]
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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: "2019-06-18"
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last_action: "2020-08-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29b592d-acf1-48fa-9775-eb7d3dc8727f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47743"
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source_hash: "4f79b972ba69bbf8ffd26f6d6cd38ffaa97d740eceba7e83b1e02f014f28e913"
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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 237 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
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This Act eliminates the requirement that movie theaters selling alcohol have video cameras in each auditorium and the requirement that an employee must pass through each auditorium during a movie showing.
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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=47743&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB237)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2020-01-22** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2020-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2020-08-06** 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/d29b592d-acf1-48fa-9775-eb7d3dc8727f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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