Danbury Area Lawmakers Warn of ‘TCI tax-in-disguise’ Proposal

Posted on March 21, 2023

Danbury– In a meeting with officials of three local home heating oil delivery companies Monday, Environment Committee ranking members State Representative Patrick Callahan (R-108) and Senator Stephen Harding (R-30), and Representative Rachel Chaleski (R-138) discussed S.B. 1145. They talked with Leahy’s Fuels President Stephen Rosentel, Jennings Oil co-owner Jeff Jennings, and Norbert E. Mitchell President Matthew Mitchell about the proposal called An Act Concerning the Establishment of Sector Specific…

Proposed Public Safety Capacity at State Parks Bill Revised, Advanced

Posted on March 16, 2023

Hartford – The legislature’s Environment Committee voted recently to advance a bill proposed by state Representative Patrick Callahan (R-108), with state Senators Julie Kushner (D-24) and Stephen Harding (R-30), to make activities safer at Squantz Pond State Park and help ease overcrowding. H.B. No. 5009 has been revised to focus only on Squantz Pond, and not on all state parks.

The bill is now called AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAPACITY OF SQUANTZ POND STATE PARK and would address an issue…

Hearing Held on Bill Proposed by Rep. Callahan

Posted on March 9, 2023

Hartford- The legislature’s Judiciary Committee raised a bill based on a bipartisan proposal introduced by Rep. Patrick Callahan (R-108) with Rep. Mary Welander (D-114th). A public hearing was held March 8.

This proposal, H.B. 6737 An Act Establishing the Crime of Harmful Communication With a Minor, would ensure that the predators who are purposely targeting children with harmful intent can now be brought to justice with the creation of a new Class A misdemeanor.

“Last year, I was part of a bipartisan…