---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE STATE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE STATE; REPROGRAMMING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE STATE; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS."
description: "This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Bond and Capital Improvements Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "Delaware HB 475 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Quinton Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-06-26"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/282965d6-49e1-444f-a9f2-348ef89bb85f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26979"
source_hash: "b75e5771192f42160adaff550f9ff634a8352117739a263923b1d04c6e826c43"
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 475 (149) — A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE STATE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE STATE; REPROGRAMMING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE STATE; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Bond and Capital Improvements 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=115417)

## Votes

- 3/4 — **23–3** (fail) · lower
- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/4 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-26** Introduced in House and Assigned to Capital Infrastructure Committee `introduction`
- **2018-07-01** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2018-07-01** Defeated By House. Votes: 23 YES 3 NO 14 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `failure`
- **2018-07-01** Restored in House
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** 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/282965d6-49e1-444f-a9f2-348ef89bb85f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).