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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. Currently the Delaware Code does not permit alcoholic beverage license holders to brew hard seltzers or other non-malt based products that they are otherwise allowed to brew as a result of obtaining a Federal Brewers Notice. This Act permits Delaware brewery-pub and microbrewery license holders to brew, bottle and sell hard seltzers and other fermented beverages made from malt substitutes and includes specific tax on fermented beverages. The language of the Act also mirrors the federal definition of a malt-substitute product. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 46 Delaware HB 46 (151)
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Delaware HB 46 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

Currently the Delaware Code does not permit alcoholic beverage license holders to brew hard seltzers or other non-malt based products that they are otherwise allowed to brew as a result of obtaining a Federal Brewers Notice. This Act permits Delaware brewery-pub and microbrewery license holders to brew, bottle and sell hard seltzers and other fermented beverages made from malt substitutes and includes specific tax on fermented beverages. The language of the Act also mirrors the federal definition of a malt-substitute product.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • 3/5 — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
  • Trey Paradee — primary (person)
  • William Bush — primary (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
  • Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-12-18 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-14 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-01-26 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-01-27 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-01-27 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-27 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-01-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26460b75-3a0c-4c35-a472-0f0ef3ca6ccc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).