---
type: "Bill"
title: "THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017"
description: "This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2017"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HJR 9"
citation: "Delaware HJR 9 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Melanie George Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-07-02"
last_action: "2017-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bc315fe-7b37-468f-9737-b8a261956511"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26197"
source_hash: "f1b8dbcd0473ecdbea698bef61c018f2aefe50c82365c50b035ef6fa19a41593"
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 HJR 9 (149) — THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017

This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2017

## 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=63109)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-07-02** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 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/2bc315fe-7b37-468f-9737-b8a261956511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).