---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024; 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 2024 Appropriations Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "Delaware HB 195 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Darius J. Brown", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sean Matthews", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-20"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc9691ba-c1e2-4578-b290-ff7f7d6b0a47"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140610"
source_hash: "3315a84ec1f663604019c282f0129e3a31a3cf84621b84838b57fb3efddfe205"
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 195 (152) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2024 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=607794)

## Votes

- SM — **32–8** (pass) · lower
- SM — **17–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Laid On Table in Senate
- **2023-06-27** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2023-06-27** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2023-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-30** 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/cc9691ba-c1e2-4578-b290-ff7f7d6b0a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).