Delaware Senate Bill 180 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: Passed on June 5 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-06-05 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Bill would create a new license type known as a “Craft Distillery” which would enable entities to obtain a license to distill spirits. Delaware law currently allows for Farm Wineries and Microbreweries to manufacture limited quantities of wine and beer and this would add the final type of alcoholic beverage. Licensing craft distilleries is a national trend and would allow businesses intending to distill alcohol to locate in Delaware, thereby creating additional jobs and potentially increasing the use of Delaware agricultural products.

An Act To Amend Title 4 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Alcoholic Liquors.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Joseph Booth [R]	Sen. George Bunting [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Sen. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]

2012-04-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2012-04-04 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-05		Signed by Governor
2012-04-26		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-04-25		Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 11 On Its Merits
2012-04-05		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
2012-04-04		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-04-04		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-04-03		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2012-03-28		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2012-03-22		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/7947c7a9d7c99119852579c10070c1d0?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+180/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+180/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/8a918893c39d67aa852579d60070674d?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/cd2eb11a86c39c3e852579ec006ea9b3?OpenDocument