---
type: "Bill"
title: "THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018."
description: "This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SJR 5"
citation: "Delaware SJR 5 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Melanie George Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 4
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-20"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/497ce262-2e85-4b65-abc1-e80d557c3d7e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26912"
source_hash: "0b6c8f9029cf1e4d498f96098a890b5b564255d79c22a6d21dcf2b72a7fcc9b3"
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 SJR 5 (149) — THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018.

This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2018.

## 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=115272)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## 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.

- **2018-06-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **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/497ce262-2e85-4b65-abc1-e80d557c3d7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).