Transfer Station Conversations With State Rep. Mike France

Posted on May 20, 2019 by admin

HARTFORD — State Representative Mike France (R-42) will be at the Preston Transfer Station on Saturday, June 8^th to make himself available to constituents to answer your questions concerning major issues of the 2019 Legislative Session, which ends on June 5^th.

WHEN: Saturday, June 8^th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

WHERE: Preston Transfer Station, 108 Ross Road, Preston, CT

“There were a number of bills making significant policy changes that were debated and passed this year,” said Rep. France. “Please…

Posted on May 10, 2019 by admin

HARTFORD – As Ranking Member of the Government Administration & Elections (GAE) Committee, State Representative Mike France (R-42) was stunned that a bill making substantial changes to the voter registration process was brought before the House of Representatives on Tuesday without first being approved by the GAE Committee, which has sole cognizance over all election statutes.

House Bill (H.B.) 5844, An Act Requiring Housing Authorities to Provide Voter Registration Applications to Prospective Tenants, received a public hearing in the Housing Committee on February 7^th, was voted out of committee on March 7^th and then was tabled for the House Calendar by the Legislative Commissioners’ Office on March 28^th; but it did not receive further legislative consideration before coming to the House for a vote.

“Not to take anything away from the fine work done by the Housing Committee, but election law is not something that is within their area of expertise,” said Rep. France. “I have great concern that this bill did not come before the GAE Committee, which has cognizance over all voter registration matters. In addition, colleagues stated that there was discussion during the committee meeting during which the Housing Committee Chair made a commitment that the bill would be referred to GAE, but unfortunately this was not done.”

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New Tools to Help Combat the Opioid Epidemic

Posted on April 26, 2019 by admin

A new digital application released by the Connecticut Department of Public Health called NORA, which is a Naloxone and Overdose Response Application to help combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.

The NORA app is designed to help save lives when confronted with an opioid overdose by educating residents on how to administer naloxone and using GPS data to find nearby locations to obtain the medication. The app, which is free for all users, functions through the web browser of most smartphones.

The Department…