---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BUDGET AND FISCAL PROCEDURES."
description: "This Act makes changes to the State’s budget and fiscal procedures. Specifically:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Delaware HB 273 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "John J. Viola"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3bc4e3f-3d7d-4971-830b-e84431b171d2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47958"
source_hash: "e9168fcff5e0defcbbacf79a8dc254c621de5ed748c057d73c8b981c45d107f2"
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 273 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BUDGET AND FISCAL PROCEDURES.

This Act makes changes to the State’s budget and fiscal procedures. Specifically:

## 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=47958&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB273)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-10** 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/f3bc4e3f-3d7d-4971-830b-e84431b171d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).