Delaware House Bill 349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Passed on July 16 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-16 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill codifies portions of the Second and Nineteenth Modifications of the Governor's Declaration of State of Emergency due to COVID-19 concerning food and drink establishments. Food and drink establishments suffered great losses since March, 2020 due to the pandemic including millions of dollars in lost sales and the loss of an estimated 30,000 jobs in this State. This purpose of this bill is to continue efforts to try and mitigate the losses this industry has suffered. This bill does all of the following: (1) allows an entity that has a valid on-premise license to sell alcohol to continue to alcoholic beverages as part of transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through food service so long as certain conditions are met; (2) allows a licensee to continue to use outdoor seating for serving of food and drinks so long as the licensee satisfies certain conditions; (3) allows the Commissioner to temporarily suspend a license only if the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that public's safety is at risk and there has been a violation of the law; and (4) allows the Commissioner to hold hearings by electronic, telephonic, or remote means.

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

Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]
Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Raymond Seigfried [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2020-06-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-16		Signed by Governor
2020-06-23		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2020-06-23		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2020-06-18		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2020-06-18		Suspension of Rules in House
2020-06-18		Amendment HA 1 to HB 349 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2020-06-17		Amendment HA 1 to HB 349 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2020-06-12		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48139&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB349
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=24101&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41504
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41571