Debra Heffernan

House Passes Record-Setting Capital Budget for Fiscal 2023

DOVER – The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a state-record $1.4 billion capital budget that will fund investments in school construction in all three counties, transportation projects across the state and various initiatives to protect Delaware’s natural resources. House Bill […]

House Passes Healthy Delaware Families Act

DOVER – The House on Thursday passed landmark legislation that would make paid family and medical leave a reality for thousands of working Delaware families. Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 1, The Healthy Delaware Families Act, would provide eligible […]

Heffernan Bill Would Allow Physician Assistants, APRNs to Prescribe Medication to Terminate Pregnancy

DOVER – As legislatures across the nation continue to restrict access to abortion care, lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday that would expand Delawareans’ access to safe and legal medication abortions. House Bill 320, sponsored by Rep. Debra Heffernan, Sen Kyle Evans […]

House Passes Bill to Protect Delaware’s Drinking Water from Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’

DOVER – Citing a critical need to address harmful chemicals found in alarming concentrations in Delaware’s drinking water, lawmakers Thursday passed the Drinking Water Protection Act, which establishes a process for the development of an enforceable limit for perfluoroalkyl and […]