republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-290.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.	This bill permanently removes the sunset provision of House Bill 1 to allow food and drink establishments who suffered great losses since March, 2020 due to the pandemic to continue to sell alcoholic beverages in transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through service and to use outdoor seating for serving of food and drinks so long as the licensee satisfies certain conditions. This bill also permanently provides the Commissioner the authority 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 to hold hearings by electronic, telephonic, or remote means.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 290	Delaware HB 290 (151)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Ernesto B. Lopez Michael Ramone Peter C. Schwartzkopf William Bush William J. Carson	5	18	3	2022-01-07	2022-02-16	openstates	ocd-bill/ef306a7c-e281-478d-ab98-52f4ed7bc75e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79068	56f1ad886b1811ee6e13ba20c3111b9495719009d7267236d482c97f93682eed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 290 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

This bill permanently removes the sunset provision of House Bill 1 to allow food and drink establishments who suffered great losses since March, 2020 due to the pandemic to continue to sell alcoholic beverages in transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through service and to use outdoor seating for serving of food and drinks so long as the licensee satisfies certain conditions. This bill also permanently provides the Commissioner the authority 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 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 290 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 2 to HB 290 (committee substitute) — source
4. SA 1 to HB 290 (committee substitute) — source
5. SA 3 to HB 290 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-07 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 290 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-13 Amendment HA 2 to HB 290 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-13 Amendment HA 1 to HB 290 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-01-13 Amendment HA 2 to HB 290 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-01-13 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO passage
• 2022-01-13 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Amendment SA 1 to HB 290 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-19 Amendment SA 2 to HB 290 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-19 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-01-20 Amendment SA 3 to HB 290 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-20 Amendment SA 1 to HB 290 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-01-20 Amendment SA 2 to HB 290 - Stricken in Senate
• 2022-01-20 Amendment SA 3 to HB 290 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-01-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-01-27 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
• 2022-02-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef306a7c-e281-478d-ab98-52f4ed7bc75e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).