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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOL LIQUORS."
description: "This Act makes clear that a retail licensee may only purchase authorized product from an importer, also known as wholesaler, except that a retail licensee may purchase up to 20 gallons a day from a premises licensed to sell for off-premises consumption. This Act also clarifies that off-premises licensees may sell untapped kegs for off-premises consumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "Delaware SB 57 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fccfe597-9414-4cc2-b25d-eb946ff4aaea"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47245"
source_hash: "dd3a141bd64d84d28b7de5aa6cc1fe4062d6d7d0fa14d4f3cca1559171b5e3f0"
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 SB 57 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOL LIQUORS.
This Act makes clear that a retail licensee may only purchase authorized product from an importer, also known as wholesaler, except that a retail licensee may purchase up to 20 gallons a day from a premises licensed to sell for off-premises consumption. This Act also clarifies that off-premises licensees may sell untapped kegs for off-premises consumption.
## 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=47245&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB57)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-20** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-04** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2019-07-10** 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/fccfe597-9414-4cc2-b25d-eb946ff4aaea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).