Delaware House Bill 46 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Passed on June 3 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-03 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

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.

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

Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Bryan Shupe [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]
Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48226
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48226&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB46
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41712
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41740