Delaware Representative Debra Heffernan [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB278	Intro Sine Die	This Act requires that a train or light engine used to move freight by railroad have a crew of at least 2 individuals. Violation of this statute subjects the railroad to a $500 fine for a first offense, and a $1,000 fine for a second or subsequent of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-09 To House Transportation Committee
DE	HB187	Pass	This Act expands the Video Lottery Intercept Program by requiring an operator of a video lottery facility to submit an individual's winnings from sports betting and table games to the Division of Child Support Services to satisfy delinquent child... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-10-18 Signed by Governor
DE	HB186	Pass	This Act makes changes to the requirements for placement on the sex offender registry of individuals who are adjudicated delinquent of certain offenses. First, it reduces the number of offenses for which placement on the sex offender registry is mand... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-10-18 Signed by Governor
DE	SB6	Pass	In 1682 or 1683, the Sussex County Court, created by William Penn, created the land grant that is the subject of this Act (Warner Grant). As this Act describes, the Warner Grant consists of land in and adjacent to the City of Lewes largely consisting... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB185	Pass	This legislation prioritizes recruitment and retention of State employees by removing the 3-month waiting period for the state to pay its share of premium or subscription charges for health care coverage under § 5202 of Title 29 for benefit eligible... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB142	Pass	This bill precludes the so-called LGBTQ+ "panic" defense that seeks to partially or completely excuse or justify a defendant from full accountability for the commission of a crime on the grounds that the actual or perceived sexual orientati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	SB128	Pass	This Act establishes the crime of obstruction of justice. Nearly every other state has a statutory crime of obstruction of justice and this Act is modeled on laws that prohibit intentional obstruction of justice and interference with governmental fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB193	Pass	In 2016, the General Assembly passed HB 404, the Concussion Protection in Youth Athletic Activities Act (CPYAAA). This Act clarifies the requirements of CPYAAA and enables the Division of Public Health, in consultation with the State Council for Pers... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB151	Pass	This Act expressly adds the intentional restriction of another adults access to economic resources resulting in a loss of financial autonomy to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings. This Act also specifies that tangible prope... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	SB67	Pass	This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensura... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	SB43	Pass	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 43. Both this Act and SB 43 add additional State facilities and categories of establishments to § 787 of Title 11 which would be required to display public awareness signs about human trafficking. The add... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-14 Signed by Governor
DE	HB78	Pass	This Act updates the definition of a catalytic converter and limits the purchase or sale of a catalytic converter to a licensed automotive recycler or licensed scrap metal processor, and their respective employees and agents. The Act prohibits minors... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	SB153	Pass	This Act makes changes to provisions related to behavioral health and the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to reflect current practices. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	SB8	Pass	This Act is the second substitute for Senate Bill No. 8. Like Senate Bill No. 8 and its first substitute, this Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charg... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	HB82	Pass	This Act requires the Department of Elections to biennially mail a notice to all registered voters informing the registrant of their polling place and containing the following additional information: a brief description of all available methods of vo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	HB154	Pass	This bill creates the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act. The Act delineates a consumers personal data rights and provides that residents of this State will have the right to know what information is being collected about them, see the information, c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	SB80	Pass	Senate Bill No. 80 codifies the current practice in Delaware of not requiring proof of citizenship or a specific immigration status on an application for a professional license. By affirmatively providing eligibility for professional licenses regardl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB108	Pass	This Act revises the State's Gold Alert Program to include missing children and increase dissemination of information to the public to better assist the State's search efforts. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	HB227	Pass	This Act makes various amendments to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act to improve compliance with its testing and reporting requirements. First, this Act requires physicians to take a training program every 2 years relating to the provision... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB98	Pass	This Act allows Dental Clinicians possessing a DDS or DMDS to participate in the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment grant program. The Act also extends the time in which providers may apply for a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment grant from six mo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB178	Pass	Under § 3716(e) of Title 19, the Family and Medical Leave Program (FMLP) allows the Department of Labor (Department) to approve private benefits in existence on May 10, 2022, as a private plan under the FMLP, for applications submitted by January 1,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	HB138	Pass	This Act establishes a Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Program to be developed by the Department of Education. The Department of Education will work with the Department of Labor to create a program that places aspiring teachers in paid positions in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-23 Signed by Governor
DE	SB51	Pass	This Act prohibits food establishments from providing consumers with ready-to-eat food or beverages in polystyrene foam containers or with single-service plastic coffee stirrers, cocktail picks, or sandwich picks. It also prohibits food establishment... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-22 Signed by Governor
DE	HB202	Pass	This Act limits those individuals who may possess a firearm at a polling place on an Election Day to the following: (1) law enforcement officers, (2) commissioned security guards acting in their official capacity, (3) constables acting in their offic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-18 Signed by Governor
DE	HB201	Pass	As of April 4, 2023, 74 people have been killed or injured by guns in schools this year in 13 separate school shootings. School shootings hit a record high in 2022 with 46 shootings, surpassing 2021s record of 42 shootings. In 2022, 43,450 children e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-18 Signed by Governor
DE	SB92	Pass	This bill amends the Delaware Public Employment Relations Act by expanding the jurisdictional application of the Act to employers with less than 100 employees and as few as 25 employees. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB93	Pass	This bill amends the Delaware Public Employment Relations Act by requiring that the Board, consistent with the Boards Rules and Regulations, issue written decisions following hearings on unfair labor practice charges within 30 days of the close of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB189	Pass	This Act adds xylazine and it isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers to Schedule III of the Delaware Uniform Controlled Substances Act and expands the authorization for the distribution of testing strips to determine t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-17 Signed by Governor
DE	HB4	Pass	This Act is Nolans Law. The purpose of this legislation is to provide more behavioral health supports to school districts and charter schools in the aftermath of a school-connected traumatic event, which is defined as the death of any student, educat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-16 Signed by Governor
DE	HB3	Pass	According to a recent CDC survey, the COVID pandemic exacerbated an existing mental health crisis for students. One in 5 school aged children has a mental health condition, and 45% of children may have experienced a traumatic event. This bill provide... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-16 Signed by Governor
DE	HB160	Pass	The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 established 988 as the universal phone number for "the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline." Thi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-16 Signed by Governor
DE	SB176	Pass	This Act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a retired law-enforcement canine. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-10 Signed by Governor
DE	SB52	Pass	This Act directs the States current needle exchange program to take a needs-based approach. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB176	Pass	This bill would extend various deadlines in the Unemployment Code. The intent is to provide claimants and employers additional time to receive and prepare a response or appeal of benefit determinations and other important documents that require a res... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB80	Pass	This Act requires that doula services be covered by Medicaid in Delaware by January 1, 2024. It follows up on HB 343 from the 151st General Assembly which required the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to submit a plan for implementing this... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB130	Pass	There are thousands of casual/seasonal employees, who work for the State of Delaware. These hard-working individuals make up a critical part of the state government workforce and play a significant role in keeping our state running and delivering ser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB158	Pass	This Act permits an individual who is a reproductive health care services provider or employee to apply for participation in Delaware's Address Confidentiality Program, which allows participants to keep their actual address confidential by applyi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB156	Pass	Under the current salary scale for teachers, if a permitted paraprofessional in a school wishes to become a certified teacher in the same school, they may have to take a pay cut to do so. This Act provides teachers who previously worked as paraprofes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB32	Pass	The bill adds visual impairments including blindness to the list of programs to be conducted on a 12-month schedule. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB11	Pass	This Act requires new commercial buildings with a foundation footprint of 50,000 square feet or greater to meet certain requirements to ensure that their roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB10	Pass	This Act establishes targets for annual purchase of electric school buses through fiscal year 2030, and requires the Department of Education to submit an annual implementation report through 2029 as well as a comprehensive report in 2030 detailing fu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB83	Pass	This Act requires every public school and charter school to provide students enrolled in kindergarten with an oral health screening by the last student attendance day of each school year. Notification to the parent or guardian must be done and a copy... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB12	Pass	This Act creates an Electric Vehicle Rebate Program to incentivize the purchase and lease of new and used electric vehicles by Delaware residents. All-electric vehicles shall receive a rebate of no more than $2,500 and hybrid vehicles shall receive a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB157	Pass	This Act prohibits a pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, or scrap metal processor from purchasing or otherwise acquiring a gift card or other item in its original packaging unless the individual offering the item for sale produces a receipt or proof of pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	SB103	Pass	Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more and more popular. Between 2012 and 2016, EV sales grew at an annual rate of 32%. In 2017, growth in sales reached 45%. Batteries for EVs have become much cheaper in the last 10 years, enabling EVs to compete ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB99	Pass	This Act, known as the Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023, follows the issuance of Delawares Climate Action Plan in 2021, and establishes a statutory target of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	SB7	Pass	This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Divisi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB182	Pass	Sections 1 through 6 of this Act revise the State's existing child abuse laws as follows: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-31 Signed by Governor
DE	HB183	Pass	This Act revises the existing crime of endangering the welfare of a child by providing or permitting a child to consume or inhale unprescribed controlled substances in the following ways: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB111	Pass	This bill clarifies and confirms that utilities and farm customers may enter into contracts, such as power supply agreements, that specify how Excess kWh Credits will be applied at the end of an annual billing period. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-27 Signed by Governor