---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 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 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 230"
citation: "Delaware HB 230 (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: 0
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-27"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/803dc8bc-b0ba-46c5-bfeb-16f32bf0fb91"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142646"
source_hash: "e3ba8491fe19a1e8d74cac56997ccbe97932609046145973a070aa5a4e34d76d"
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 230 (153) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2026.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- 3/4 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **40–0** (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.

- **2025-06-27** Introduced and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/803dc8bc-b0ba-46c5-bfeb-16f32bf0fb91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).