---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020; 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 2020 Appropriations Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Delaware HB 225 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Quinton Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-11"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/186d80a9-3037-4cb9-a11f-e0c272ab7dd7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47647"
source_hash: "9cd50b7a74d4dad879300f941f5f3b75f60477276b8fed7641fbf5384afa4ecb"
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 225 (150) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations 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=287670)

## Votes

- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Introduced in House and Assigned to Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 225 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 225 - Defeated By House. Votes: 4 YES 37 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-25** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2019-06-25** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2019-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 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/186d80a9-3037-4cb9-a11f-e0c272ab7dd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).