Delaware Representative Debra Heffernan [D] | Bills

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB1	Intro Prefile	This Act establishes a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs led by a cabinet-level Secretary to advocate for and administer programs relating to veterans in the State of Delaware. It is the intent of this legislation that current staff of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Veterans Affairs Committee
DE	HB23	Intro Prefile	This Act makes the following changes to human trafficking law: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Judiciary Committee
DE	HB212	Pass	House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill 212 prohibits manufactured home community owners from increasing rent if the rent was increased by 5 percent or more the previous year or rental period, instead permitting an increase capped at 3 percent. This Act... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB275	Pass	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]	2024-11-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB252	Pass	This Substitute bill differs from House Bill No. 252 by placing the Delaware Institute of Higher Education year-long teacher residency program under Section 1312 of Title 14 rather than Section 1305.This Substitute bill grants graduates of the Delawa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB431	Pass	A major environmental concern is the spread of pathogens and invasive species across water bodies. The use of live bait in both non-tidal and tidal waters can inadvertently result in the transfer of invasive species and pathogens to new waters. Fresh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB371	Pass	This Act changes how the Insurance Commissioner and the State Treasurer provide for distributions from taxes collected by the Insurance Commissioner to be made to fire companies or departments in Delaware. The current method for reporting, calculatin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB302	Pass	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]	2024-10-28 Signed by Governor
DE	HB340	Pass	This Act authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB86	Pass	This Act establishes a right to counsel for indigent parents in DSCYF custody proceedings. Parent representation will primarily be provided by a legal services entity contracted with the Family Court, but may also be provided by the Office of Defense... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB268	Pass	House Bill No. 303, with House Amendment No. 2, from the 151st General Assembly created an annual behavioral health well check and required carriers to provide coverage for this service. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	HB293	Pass	Federal and Delaware law protect the right to vote and the rights of individuals with disabilities to have equal access to voting places and public facilities. Nonetheless, recent information suggests that a substantial number of polling places in De... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	HB404	Pass	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]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	HB286	Pass	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]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB16	Pass	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]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB353	Pass	This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB355	Pass	This Act provides legal protections for financial institutions and other entities that provide financial or accounting services to cannabis-related businesses that are licensed or registered under Delaware law. Specifically, it clarifies that banks, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB190	Pass	This bill updates the current law relating to the Spay Neuter Fund and the administration of that fund to make it easier to administer the fund and animal population control programs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB419	Pass	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]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB13	Pass	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]	2024-10-01 Signed by Governor
DE	SB233	Pass	This Act establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership by requiring all of the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB295	Pass	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]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB289	Pass	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]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB305	Pass	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]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB197	Pass	This Act revises State procurement rules to require that beginning January 1, 2026, state agencies under Chapter 69 of Title 29 must purchase only native plants, including cultivars and hybrids of native plants, in the development of new landscaped a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB203	Pass	Senate Bill 67, from the first session of the 152nd General Assembly, updated the crime of official misconduct. Senate Bill 67 intended to change the penalty for official misconduct from a class A misdemeanor to a graded system, where the penalty is ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	HB322	Pass	This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB256	Pass	This Act clarifies the Attorney Generals existing authority to enforce the States consumer protection laws, specifically the Attorney Generals ability to pursue non-penalty civil remedies, such as damages and restitution, without having to show that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB287	Pass	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]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	HB70	Pass	This Act eliminates the death penalty in Delaware. As such, the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the persons 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the persons natural li... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB106	Pass	This Act modernizes and expands the concept of maternal mental health by replacing the definition of maternal depression with the more encompassing definition of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act contemplates treatment for any caregiver w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-24 Signed by Governor
DE	HB362	Pass	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]	2024-09-24 Signed by Governor
DE	SB202	Pass	For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB382	Pass	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]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB110	Pass	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]	2024-09-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB13	Pass	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]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	HB9	Pass	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]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	SB237	Pass	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]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	SB265	Pass	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]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	HB402	Pass	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]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	HB264	Pass	This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB274	Pass	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]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB198	Pass	This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB232	Pass	In light of the Federal Drug Administrations recent approval of over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills, this bill expands the contraceptive coverage laws to include over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB347	Pass	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]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB299	Pass	This Act is the Delaware Libraries for All Act. It explicitly adds public libraries to the definition of place of public accommodation for purposes of Delawares Equal Accommodations Law. It also directs the Delaware Library Consortium to develop and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB280	Pass	This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB331	Pass	This Act revises §§ 4732 and 4733 of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Subchapter III, Chapter 47, Title 16 of the Delaware Code, pertaining to the regulation of the manufacture, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances. The revisi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB155	Pass	This bill makes the unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container, a firearms rack that is on the motor vehic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-15 Signed by Governor
DE	HB270	Pass	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]	2024-08-15 Signed by Governor