---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO CLARIFY TITLE 29, §6529 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET."
description: "This Act clarifies that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has the authority to deposit Special Fund balances into the General Fund as a measure to control agency expenditures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 105"
citation: "Delaware HB 105 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Melanie George Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76b05e42-f130-4c04-92d3-6878c848c9e2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25550"
source_hash: "aa217267a9e4ad16ba36255dc6d7f448bc65f784ce40657aab7fa0b3b711f603"
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 105 (149) — AN ACT TO CLARIFY TITLE 29, §6529 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

This Act clarifies that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has the authority to deposit Special Fund balances into the General Fund as a measure to control agency expenditures.

## 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/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25550&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB105)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** Introduced in House and Assigned to Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2017-04-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-21** 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/76b05e42-f130-4c04-92d3-6878c848c9e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).