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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MICROBREWERIES. | Currently, the microbrewery statute permits a business to own 1 microbrewery and up to 2 brewpubs (a microbrewery that also has a restaurant as part of its business). This legislation would permit a microbrewery to choose to operate either 2 brewpubs or 1 additional microbrewery and 1 brewpub, under common ownership. The total number of licenses the business could hold remains 3, but it allows the business to choose 2 microbreweries and 1 brewpub, or 1 microbrewery and 2 brewpubs. A microbrewery can also choose to operate just one establishment. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 153 | HB 170 | Delaware HB 170 (153) |
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Delaware HB 170 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MICROBREWERIES.
Currently, the microbrewery statute permits a business to own 1 microbrewery and up to 2 brewpubs (a microbrewery that also has a restaurant as part of its business). This legislation would permit a microbrewery to choose to operate either 2 brewpubs or 1 additional microbrewery and 1 brewpub, under common ownership. The total number of licenses the business could hold remains 3, but it allows the business to choose 2 microbreweries and 1 brewpub, or 1 microbrewery and 2 brewpubs. A microbrewery can also choose to operate just one establishment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-05-15 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-05-20 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-05-22 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT
passage - 2025-05-22 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2025-06-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2025-06-24 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b3b825a-5e55-4b2e-aa65-53ee4c0e9e02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).