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type: "Bill"
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title: "CREATING AN ADVISORY PANEL TO THE DELAWARE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL TO STUDY POTENTIAL FISCAL CONROLS AND BUDGET SMOOTHING MECHANISMS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HJR 8"
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citation: "Delaware HJR 8 (149)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "John J. Viola", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Quinton Johnson", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 5
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-30"
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last_action: "2017-08-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0ccc539-9f35-41f0-a2e4-cf29b3e4cd4d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26154"
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source_hash: "3e1dfefa900c564b7aba5ebf544b4c397002b51c12b68541e01f4b1894ec624c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# 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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26154&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR8)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- John J. Viola — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2017-07-01** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2017-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-08-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0ccc539-9f35-41f0-a2e4-cf29b3e4cd4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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