republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hjr-8.md

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Bill	CREATING AN ADVISORY PANEL TO THE DELAWARE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL TO STUDY POTENTIAL FISCAL CONROLS AND BUDGET SMOOTHING MECHANISMS.	This Joint Resolution creates an Advisory Panel to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) that is tasked with developing a report concerning the State’s historic budgeting practices, the need for reasonable restrictions on the use of budget surpluses, the benefits of a budget stabilization fund, and such other matters as the Advisory Panel deems appropriate. A preliminary report shall be submitted to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than May 1, 2018.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HJR 8	Delaware HJR 8 (149)	joint resolution		enacted	David B. McBride John J. Viola Margaret Rose Henry Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Quinton Johnson Valerie Longhurst	1	5	2	2017-06-30	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/b0ccc539-9f35-41f0-a2e4-cf29b3e4cd4d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26154	3e1dfefa900c564b7aba5ebf544b4c397002b51c12b68541e01f4b1894ec624c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HJR 8 (149) — CREATING AN ADVISORY PANEL TO THE DELAWARE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL TO STUDY POTENTIAL FISCAL CONROLS AND BUDGET SMOOTHING MECHANISMS.

This Joint Resolution creates an Advisory Panel to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) that is tasked with developing a report concerning the State’s historic budgeting practices, the need for reasonable restrictions on the use of budget surpluses, the benefits of a budget stabilization fund, and such other matters as the Advisory Panel deems appropriate. A preliminary report shall be submitted to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than May 1, 2018.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David B. McBride — primary (person)
• John J. Viola — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-30 Introduced in House introduction
• 2017-07-01 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2017-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-08-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0ccc539-9f35-41f0-a2e4-cf29b3e4cd4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).