Delaware Governor Matt Meyer made a significant budget decision Tuesday, using his constitutional line-item veto authority to cut a $35 million appropriation tied to a proposed expansion of Legislative Hall.
The governor removed the funding from House Bill 500, the state’s fiscal year budget bill, pointing to affordability concerns as the driving force behind his decision.
The announcement was made public on July 7, 2026, through a press release from the governor’s office, with media contact listed as Jonah Anderson.
The proposed project would have funded an expansion of Legislative Hall, the historic building in Dover that serves as home to Delaware’s General Assembly. By exercising the line-item veto, Governor Meyer was able to target and remove that specific spending item without rejecting the broader budget legislation.
