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---
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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 modernizes the process and requirements for issuance of liquor licenses for off premises consumption. The current process and requirements do not consider population growth. Minimum distance requirements are enhanced while increases in population growth will now be considered to arrive at a safety and convenience balance. This Act also grandfathers existing licensees into the current process."
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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: "SB 56"
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citation: "Delaware SB 56 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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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: "2019-03-20"
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last_action: "2019-07-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66073190-8f7c-4b42-9b8e-7420092ad8af"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47244"
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source_hash: "f5ffc141774645eb0960769738d757e9a34497f38b5ae58127194cad4ed29afd"
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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 SB 56 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
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This Act modernizes the process and requirements for issuance of liquor licenses for off premises consumption. The current process and requirements do not consider population growth. Minimum distance requirements are enhanced while increases in population growth will now be considered to arrive at a safety and convenience balance. This Act also grandfathers existing licensees into the current process.
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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=47244&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB56)
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## Votes
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- SM — **12–8** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **26–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — 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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- **2019-03-20** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-04-17** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-04** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2019-07-10** 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/66073190-8f7c-4b42-9b8e-7420092ad8af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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