---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE STATE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE STATE; REPROGRAMMING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE STATE; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS."
description: "This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2021 Bond and Capital Improvements Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Delaware SB 242 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Debra Heffernan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-22"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc75a89-a4b0-4165-9387-24ed464e8012"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48170"
source_hash: "ed29eb4a6af42b7ec6d87ce4af3faeff6291467c563f4e5eca0e6b33193d95df"
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 242 (150) — A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE STATE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE STATE; REPROGRAMMING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE STATE; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2021 Bond and Capital Improvements 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=310862)

## Votes

- 3/4 — **40–1** (pass) · lower
- 3/4 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **13–1** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-22** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-06-23** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-23** Defeated By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 1 NO 7 NOT VOTING `failure`
- **2020-06-25** Reconsidered in Senate
- **2020-06-25** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- **2020-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Assigned to Capital Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-29** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2020-06-30** 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/afc75a89-a4b0-4165-9387-24ed464e8012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).