June 18, 2021

State Representative Anne Dauphinais Opposes Budget Implementer

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S.B. No. 1202: An Act Concerning Provisions Related To Revenue And Other Items To Implement The State Budget For The Biennium, outlines budget expenditures for the next two years and so much more. Included are “RATS” which are bills or concepts that have nothing to do with our budget and have never had a Public Hearing and/or got out of committee. With 837+ pages put out by the Democrats without any input from the Republicans.

This includes-

Withholding municipal grants from municipalities that have school teams with native America mascots

State agencies to contract with other states without legislative oversight

Increases judge’s wages by 4.5%

Tax on conveyance fee when using a credit card

Changes to surcharges will be increased on businesses

Debt free college

Gives inmates 90 minutes per day of free phone-calls

Allows DMV personnel to waive ID requirements for voting

Gives convicted felons the right to vote without requiring them to pay their sentencing fines or completing parole.

Total of more than a 6% increase to the current budget

“This is not the way to do the people’s business. The majority party are large, in charge, have the power to pass anything they desire and are doing just that.”-State Representative Anne Dauphinais

State Representative Anne Dauphinais, the Ranking House Republican Member on the Committee on Children, today issued the following statement on DCF Performance Audit Findings

“The findings of the audit offer a sobering snapshot of the immense challenges facing DCF—alongside some deeply troubling failures in both performance and procedure. Some of these shortcomings, like those involving the STAR group home, were already known. But that makes them no less unacceptable. Children in these situations are among the most vulnerable in […]

June 26, 2025

Rep. Dauphinais Responds to New Trust Act Law

During Wednesday’s House Session, we spent hours debating H.B. 7259, AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING CRIMINAL JUSTICE, which includes the Trust Act. What’s new, you ask? Prohibits police from communicating with ICE in many cases involving illegal aliens arrested for criminal activity. Expands restrictions to members of the state’s court system and […]

May 22, 2025