---
type: "Bill"
title: "THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019."
description: "This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SJR 8"
citation: "Delaware SJR 8 (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: "2018-07-01"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/624fce5b-205e-4a97-b0b6-447ba50291bb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27027"
source_hash: "7d2ec94d100cecf0ae418f531ea5967af8463ce62860583de8f53e055801ccaa"
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 8 (149) — THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.

This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2019.

## 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/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=27027&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR8)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 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/624fce5b-205e-4a97-b0b6-447ba50291bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).