---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS."
description: "This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Delaware HB 197 (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: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-29"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ddc1cf3-ed1a-4237-8240-c7499a03a379"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140762"
source_hash: "bb0447cf4b32688c3577c21509eff63cc230f14c5adb514806556c33f6a97d29"
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 197 (152) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2024.

## 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=618356)

## Votes

- 3/4 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## 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.

- **2023-06-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/3ddc1cf3-ed1a-4237-8240-c7499a03a379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).