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SB32 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education.
Nicole Poore, Debra J. Heffernan, Michael Ramone
Last updated about 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
The bill adds visual impairments including blindness to the list of programs to be conducted on a 12-month schedule.
STATUS
Passed
SCR6 - Designating The Week Of February 27 To March 5, 2023 As "eating Disorders Awareness And Prevention Week" In Delaware.
Nicole Poore, Paul S. Baumbach, Michael Ramone
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates the week of February 27 to March 5, 2023, as "Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Week" in Delaware and encourages the Department of Health and Social Services to research methods to raise awareness of, prevent, and treat eating disorders.
STATUS
Engrossed
HCR2 - Commemorating January 22nd, 2023 As The 50th Anniversary Of The United States Supreme Court Ruling In Roe V. Wade
Melissa Minor-Brown, Kyle Evans Gay, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution commemorates January 22nd, 2023 as the 50th Anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB28 - An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code And Chapter 420 Of Volume 83 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Dentistry And Dental Hygiene.
Sarah McBride, Gerald W. Hocker, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides that if a dentist holds a community health license to care for underserved populations through a federally-qualified health center or a government-operated dental clinic and continues to practice in compliance with § 1132B(b) of Title 24 of the Delaware Code, the dentists license is renewable and shall be renewed biennially by the State Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene.
STATUS
Passed
SB60 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Employee Leave.
Laura Sturgeon, Bryan Townsend, Kimberly Williams
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides teachers and other school employees with the same protection to be absent without a loss of pay as State merit employees for all of the following reasons:
STATUS
Passed
HB79 - An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delinquency And Criminal Proceedings Involving Children.
Nnamdi Chukwuocha, Bryan Townsend, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
In 2022, the General Assembly passed HB115, which prohibits the criminal prosecution of children under the age of 12 and limits proceeding against a minor as an adult to a narrow set of serious crimes alleged to have been committed by children 16 or older. This Act clarifies that children under 12 may not be arrested or detained pending adjudication, except where the alleged crime is one of the enumerated exceptions, and aligns other language in Title 10 with the limitations on transfer of children from Family to Superior Court.
STATUS
Introduced
SB51 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Use Of Single-service Plastic Implements And Polystyrene Containers In Food Establishments.
William Charles Paradee, Paul S. Baumbach, Sophie Phillips
Last updated about 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
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 establishments from providing single-service plastic straws, unless requested by a consumer. These restrictions take effect on July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB80 - An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Coverage Of Doula Services.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Marie Pinkney, Darius Brown
Last updated about 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
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 coverage, and draws on that completed report.
STATUS
Passed
SB61 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Absences Of School Employees.
Laura Sturgeon, Elizabeth Lockman, Bryan Townsend
Last updated about 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Teachers and other school employees (school employees) do not accrue annual leave that can be used on a flexible basis. Under current law, school employees may only use 3 days of sick leave for personal reasons and may be absent for 5 days after the death of an immediate family member and for 1 day only, on the day of the funeral, after the death of a near relative.
STATUS
Passed
SB52 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Sterile Needle And Syringe Exchange Program.
Marie Pinkney, Kerri Evelyn Harris, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act directs the States current needle exchange program to take a needs-based approach.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Delaware district HD-006
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Delaware House
BIRTH
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Debra J. Heffernan is running for New York State Assembly District 6. She is 41 years old and lives in Huntington, NY. Heffernan earned her B.A. in Communications from Boston College in 1999. Heffernan is currently Director of Community Affairs at the Association for Mental Health and Wellness. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Farmingdale State College, teaching Persuasive Communications. Heffernan previously worked for Verizon/GTE.read less
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