republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-427.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.	House Bill 373, passed by the 151st General Assembly, clarified that persons 14 and 15 years of age can be employed in such places where alcoholic beverages are served, but cannot be involved in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages. Currently, the Department of Labor (DOL) has a robust process for youth (those not yet 18) to apply for a work permit. Youth may not work in the state unless they have a DOL-issued work permit which is required to be kept on file with the employer. The OABCC statute requires an additional work permit. Youth must obtain two, separate work permits after going through two separate processes to obtain one job. This legislation will streamline that process for our youth, requiring them to obtain just one work permit from the Department of Labor.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 427	Delaware HB 427 (151)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Ernesto B. Lopez Gerald W. Hocker Laura V. Sturgeon Peter C. Schwartzkopf Stephen Smyk	1	8	2	2022-05-12	2022-10-26	openstates	ocd-bill/02fa09e7-0aca-49a5-a0b8-ad82403cbcf2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109511	bab333b34d2452ce0428657545310052e6040ee4d4200f648518db80c8ae4f0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 427 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

House Bill 373, passed by the 151st General Assembly, clarified that persons 14 and 15 years of age can be employed in such places where alcoholic beverages are served, but cannot be involved in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages. Currently, the Department of Labor (DOL) has a robust process for youth (those not yet 18) to apply for a work permit. Youth may not work in the state unless they have a DOL-issued work permit which is required to be kept on file with the employer. The OABCC statute requires an additional work permit. Youth must obtain two, separate work permits after going through two separate processes to obtain one job. This legislation will streamline that process for our youth, requiring them to obtain just one work permit from the Department of Labor.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-12 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-05-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2022-05-19 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-19 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2022-10-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02fa09e7-0aca-49a5-a0b8-ad82403cbcf2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).