---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; 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 2026 Appropriations Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Delaware HB 225 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles S Postles Jr.", "Daniel B. Short", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Sarah McBride", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-18"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac875775-d0d0-4d5c-8d7f-d5ccaed2dd54"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142565"
source_hash: "eb14455658b46af66a321ff62b8fe8be761c9e5e35b3a07c2eccb88d910ade46"
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 225 (153) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HA 1 to HB 225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142618&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **18–3** (pass) · upper
- SM — **35–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-18** Introduced and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 225 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 5 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-24** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-06-26** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO `passage`
- **2025-07-01** 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/ac875775-d0d0-4d5c-8d7f-d5ccaed2dd54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).