---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS."
description: "This Substitute is the Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "Delaware HB 275 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Melanie George Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-07-02"
last_action: "2017-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b2c04f3-47ac-4f28-8728-f07cd354d49a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26205"
source_hash: "ba42863ff0dcc954c4c64947c9b02be3c9ff035375d2221b95a65fa07b49a6f2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 275 (149) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Substitute is the Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriation Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=63153)

## Votes

- SM — **16–4** (pass) · upper
- SM — **38–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-07-02** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 275, and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-02** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2017-07-02** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 21 NO 4 NOT VOTING `amendment-failure`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 NO `passage`
- **2017-07-03** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2017-07-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b2c04f3-47ac-4f28-8728-f07cd354d49a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).