Delaware Representative Debra Heffernan [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB248	Intro 25%	This House Substitute bill clarifies it is only for new or substantially modified permits and specifies it is only for the following permits: (1) Clean Air permit; (2) Coastal Zone Act permit; (3) Solid waste permit; (4) National Pollutant Discharge ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
DE	HB286	Engross 50%	Like House Bill No. 286, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 286 prohibits discrimination in life insurance based on genetic characteristics, genetic information, or the result of any genetic test. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DE	SB236	Engross 50%	This bill: (a) extends the expiration date for any new issuance or renewal of an ADA placard from 3 years to 8 years for a specific person with a diagnosis of a permanent disability and changing the minimum age from 85 to 80 years or older, (b) exten... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to SB 236 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DE	SB13	Engross 50%	Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Was... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 To House Health & Human Development Committee
DE	SB265	Engross 50%	The Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 authorizes processes necessary to help meet the net zero goals of the Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023. The bill facilitates a transition to carbon-free energy sources by (i) preparing for offshore wind t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 [Hearing: Jun 11 @ 10:00 am] To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
DE	SB287	Engross 50%	This Act clarifies the Auditor of Accounts duties and powers by amending § 2901 of Title 29 to define audit to include performance audits, and by amending §§ 2906 and 2909 of Title 29 to change "postaudit" to "audit." This Act ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 To House Administration Committee
DE	SB289	Engross 50%	This Act amends Title 16, Chapter 76 of the Delaware Code relating to energy conservation identified in county and municipal building and plumbing codes. Consistent with codes in other States, including New York, Rhode Island, and Washington, among o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
DE	SB305	Intro 25%	This Act streamlines and modernizes the State Early Childhood Education Program in § 3001 of Title 14, also referred to as State-funded early care and education, as follows: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 Amendment SA 1 to SB 305 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DE	HB438	Intro 25%	This Act makes changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. It removes the employer as the party responsible for making eligibility determinations and claims decisions and instead reallocates this responsibility to the Department of Labor an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 [Hearing: Jun 11 @ 12:30 pm] To House Labor Committee
DE	HB444	Intro 25%	This Act designates the Orange Crush as the State cocktail. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 To House Administration Committee
DE	HB435	Intro 25%	This bill creates a new chapter in Title 30 and establishes the STEM Talent Advancement and Retention Program (STAR Program) and the STEM Talent Advancement and Retention Fund (STAR Fund). The purpose of this STAR Program is to incentivize and attrac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 [Hearing: Jun 12 @ 3:00 pm] To House Revenue & Finance Committee
DE	HB421	Intro 25%	This bill amends section 1318 of Title 14 to provide an education employee paid time off to recover from injury incurred in the performance of duty. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-06 To House Education Committee
DE	HB285	Pass	This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-28 Signed by Governor
DE	HB17	Intro 25%	This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers of fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-24 Motion to Release Failed
DE	HB110	Engross 50%	Section 1 amends Title 31 to require all health benefit plans delivered or issued for Medicaid to cover services related to the termination of pregnancy. Coverage provided under this section is not subject to any deductible, coinsurance, copayment, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DE	HB282	Enroll 75%	This Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State emplo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DE	HB281	Enroll 75%	This Act repeals the option of providing health care insurance to state pensioners under Medicare part C, known as a Medicare Advantage Plan. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DE	SJR6	Engross 50%	This resolution directs health care professional licensure boards to review their existing professional licensure application language to revise or remove all intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment and replace it ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 To House Administration Committee
DE	HB362	Intro 25%	In 2023, the General Assembly passed House Bill 80, which required the coverage of doula services under the States Medicaid plan beginning in 2024. This Act would require similar coverage under private health insurance plans. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB382	Engross 50%	This Act requires that public school students receive a vision screening, including a test for color blindness, in kindergarten. Students must also receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals in grades 1 through 12, to be determined by the DOE... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 [Hearing: Jun 12 @ 12:00 pm] To Senate Education Committee
DE	SB295	Engross 50%	This Act strengthens the current practice of obtaining service letters for employment in child care facilities to protect children from workers who have engaged in prior acts that are prohibited by the Office of Child Care Licensing. The Act does all... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 To House Labor Committee
DE	HB419	Intro 25%	This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) to provide new luggage to children in foster care to use for the transportation of their personal belongings when entering custody, moving from one placement... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 [Hearing: Jun 12 @ 10:00 am] To House Health & Human Development Committee
DE	HCR144	Engross 50%	This resolution recognizes June 6, 2024 as the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when the Allied Troops landed at Normandy during WWII. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	HB200	Engross 50%	This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware high schools. The unit is phased in over 3 years, beginning in FY2024, to arrive at a final ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades 9-12 for a full-time school counselor, schoo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 To Senate Finance Committee
DE	HB5	Engross 50%	The States Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal pol... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 To Senate Finance Committee
DE	HB9	Intro 25%	This Act requires that all passenger vehicles and light duty vehicles owned and operated by the State be zero emission vehicles by 2040 by requiring increasing volumes of zero emission vehicles every few years. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB275	Engross 50%	This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DE	HB270	Engross 50%	This Act creates a civil penalty for any sale or display of ammunition that allows the ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. Ammunition in an enclosed display case,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB274	Engross 50%	Early, sustained exposure to peanut and egg proteins in the infant diet significantly reduces the risk that an infant will develop a peanut or egg allergy, saving lives and future health care costs. Following multiple clinical studies, the current gu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 To Senate Finance Committee
DE	HB244	Intro 25%	This Act directs phased in unit funding for every school or district to have an athletic trainer. A school or district with less than 3 sports teams must submit an application to the Department of Education should it wish to receive partial funding f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB302	Engross 50%	According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health ca... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB16	Intro 25%	This Act requires that Medicaid and State employee health plans cover: (1) ovarian cancer monitoring tests for women treated for ovarian cancer; and (2) annual screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DE	SB237	Engross 50%	This Act amends the provisions in Title 9 of the Delaware Code relating to the county comprehensive plans for Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties, and Title 22 of the Delaware Code relating to municipal comprehensive plans for municipalities with p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DE	HB326	Engross 50%	This is a substitute for House Bill No. 326. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DE	HB347	Intro 25%	This Act entitles non-exempt Delaware Department of Transportation employees who work over 37.5 hours to be paid at time and a half. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB280	Intro 25%	This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DE	HB405	Intro 25%	This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juveniles prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DE	HB402	Intro 25%	This Act requires new schools and state buildings over 50,000 square feet to meet certain requirements to ensure that the building's roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits
DE	HB401	Intro 25%	This Act amends Section 2603 of Title 16 to require the Division of Public Health to provide the results of lead screenings or tests to school nurses and require contracts or computer upgrades to include lead results. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits
DE	HCR139	Engross 50%	This resolution recognizes June 2024 as National Homeownership Month in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
DE	HB13	Engross 50%	This Act requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delaware residents for the cost of purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment. For a low-income applicant ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DE	SB200	Enroll 75%	This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners notices of c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SB20	Enroll 75%	The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
DE	HB334	Enroll 75%	This Act makes several technical and logistical corrections to the Delaware Marijuana Control Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
DE	HB349	Engross 50%	This bill codifies that the Superior Court Veterans Treatment Court is a qualified rehabilitation program under § 4177D of Title 21 of the Delaware Code for persons seeking to have their driver's licenses reinstated after a DUI. This Act makes t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DE	HB322	Enroll 75%	This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SB264	Enroll 75%	This Act removes the sunset provision under § 315 of Title 26, relating to the electrical and natural gas utility distribution system improvement charge. By doing so, the Act leaves the current version of § 315 in effect. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DE	HB404	Intro 25%	To address the significant spread and impact of Lyme Disease in Delaware, this bill creates a Lyme Disease intervention fund. The fund shall be overseen by the Department of Agriculture and shall have the goal of reducing the prevalence of Lyme disea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DE	HCR129	Engross 50%	This resolution recognizes the importance and expertise of Direct Support Professionals to the State of Delaware on the occasion of May 21st as Direct Support Professional Advocacy Day, co-sponsored by the Ability Network of Delaware A Team Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	HB392	Intro 25%	The United States Department of Agriculture runs a voluntary program that provides risk management coverage to dairy producers that pays out based on the difference between the national price of milk and the average cost of feed. This Act enables the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits