Rep. Debra Heffernan

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District HD-006
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 46

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 152nd General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Coverage For All Delaware Children. [HB-150]
This bill is the Cover All Delaware Children Act. Many children who are undocumented do not have access to routine or preventative healthcare, including vaccinations and physicals, because they cannot afford the services. Instead they may rely upon emergency room visits when untreated conditions worsen. Providing publicly funded healthcare coverage to low-income children greatly improves their health and long-term outcomes. Medicaid coverage is linked to fewer chronic conditions, better overall health, improved oral health, and fewer hospitalizations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Heffernan Assigned To Appropriations Committee In House on 05/18/2023

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 152nd General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rules Of The Road. [HB-92]
This Act requires drivers to change lanes or reduce their speed while approaching a stationary vehicle displaying warning signals, including vehicle hazard warning lights, road flares, traffic cones, cautions signs, or any non-vehicular warning signs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 06/30/2023

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Delaware 152nd General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Misconduct By Public Officials. [SB-67]
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 commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. In addition, this statute conforms the discrimination language to the language used in the Hate Crimes statute. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Heffernan Signed By Governor on 09/21/2023

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Delaware 152nd General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapter 256, Volume 81 Of The Laws Of Delaware And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Native Plants. [SB-197]
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 areas and in the rehabilitation of exiting landscaped areas. Beginning January 1, 2025, the Department of Agriculture, with the advice of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Native Species Commission, must maintain a list of native plants that are generally available (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Lawson Signed By Governor on 09/26/2024

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Delaware 152nd General Assembly

Directing All Electric Utilities In Delaware That Offer Net Metering To Solar Customers To Participate In A Cost-benefit Study And Analysis Of Net Metering, Including Cost Burdens And Cost Shifting, To Be Undertaken By The Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility. [SJR-3]
This resolution directs all electric utilities in Delaware that offer net metering to solar customers to participate in a cost-benefit study and analysis of net metering in Delaware being undertaken by the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility to address issues such as cost burdens and cost shifting to non-solar customers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ronald Gray Signed By Governor on 02/28/2024

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Delaware 152nd General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Patronizing A Prostitute. [HB-264]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 08/29/2024

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Delaware 152nd General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Ammunition. [HB-270]
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, behind a counter or other customer access preventing device is not considered accessible for purposes of this section.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Heffernan Signed By Governor on 08/15/2024

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Delaware 152nd General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 6, Title 11, Title 18, Title 19, And Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Definition Of Sexual Orientation. [HB-275]
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 individuals may desire emotionally intimate relationships with other individuals. Pansexuality refers to individuals who are attracted sexually or romantically, or both, to another individual regardless of that individual's sex or gender identity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Heffernan Signed By Governor on 11/02/2024

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An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Meal Debt Restrictions On Student Participation In Extracurricular Activities. [HB-263]
This Act prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 08/02/2024

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An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Animal Fighting. [SB-198]
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 class E felony.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 08/29/2024

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