republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-349.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.	This bill codifies portions of the Second and Nineteenth Modifications of the Governor's Declaration of State of Emergency due to COVID-19 concerning food and drink establishments. Food and drink establishments suffered great losses since March, 2020 due to the pandemic including millions of dollars in lost sales and the loss of an estimated 30,000 jobs in this State. This purpose of this bill is to continue efforts to try and mitigate the losses this industry has suffered. This bill does all of the following: (1) allows an entity that has a valid on-premise license to sell alcohol to continue to alcoholic beverages as part of transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through food service so long as certain conditions are met; (2) allows a licensee to continue to use outdoor seating for serving of food and drinks so long as the licensee satisfies certain conditions; (3) allows the Commissioner to temporarily suspend a license only if the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that public's safety is at risk and there has been a violation of the law; and (4) allows the Commissioner to hold hearings by electronic, telephonic, or remote means.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 349	Delaware HB 349 (150)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Quinton Johnson Trey Paradee William Bush	2	8	2	2020-06-12	2020-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/557cf54a-55ba-44da-82f8-44e85e687e2b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48139	374e6268b00b8b7397faee13b4554cf456cdeeed1c13f2b145a4b6b0a8519726	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 349 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This bill codifies portions of the Second and Nineteenth Modifications of the Governor's Declaration of State of Emergency due to COVID-19 concerning food and drink establishments. Food and drink establishments suffered great losses since March, 2020 due to the pandemic including millions of dollars in lost sales and the loss of an estimated 30,000 jobs in this State. This purpose of this bill is to continue efforts to try and mitigate the losses this industry has suffered. This bill does all of the following: (1) allows an entity that has a valid on-premise license to sell alcohol to continue to alcoholic beverages as part of transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through food service so long as certain conditions are met; (2) allows a licensee to continue to use outdoor seating for serving of food and drinks so long as the licensee satisfies certain conditions; (3) allows the Commissioner to temporarily suspend a license only if the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that public's safety is at risk and there has been a violation of the law; and (4) allows the Commissioner to hold hearings by electronic, telephonic, or remote means.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 349 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-06-12 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 349 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 349 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
• 2020-06-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2020-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2020-06-23 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2020-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2020-07-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/557cf54a-55ba-44da-82f8-44e85e687e2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).