---
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, 2023; 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 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 2023 Bond and Capital Improvements Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "Delaware HB 475 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-27"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/242b6522-4291-43c7-bfc5-cda4bde0c57e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129838"
source_hash: "25b5065cc0a7e3f4974e328bc9063223a7870e4877f49205a6b20937d5d5cff7"
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 475 (151) — A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023; 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 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 2023 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=572584)

## Votes

- 3/4 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-27** Introduced and Assigned to Capital Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-28** Laid On Table in Senate
- **2022-06-29** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2022-06-29** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2022-06-30** 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/242b6522-4291-43c7-bfc5-cda4bde0c57e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).