---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS"
description: "This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "Delaware SB 235 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Melanie George Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-12"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95f04b0-d322-4aba-913b-fa5da39d68cb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26797"
source_hash: "fbc5de517756a70d01ade127b4724faf66df3b99f5f7b217b54a82021500867d"
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 SB 235 (149) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS

This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 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=115074)

## Votes

- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — 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.

- **2018-06-12** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2018-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to SB 235 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 2 to SB 235 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to SB 235 - Stricken in House
- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 2 to SB 235 - Stricken in House
- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-28** 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/d95f04b0-d322-4aba-913b-fa5da39d68cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).