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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: "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 Brewer’s 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 46"
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citation: "Delaware HB 46 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-18"
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last_action: "2021-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26460b75-3a0c-4c35-a472-0f0ef3ca6ccc"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48226"
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source_hash: "e6b0411909e271869e263869961648bc85903362f53894c992ce9f05690bec3c"
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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 HB 46 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
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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 Brewer’s 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.
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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=48226&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB46)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-18** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2021-01-26** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-01-27** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-27** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** 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/26460b75-3a0c-4c35-a472-0f0ef3ca6ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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