Posted on July 15, 2021
HARTFORD — During a special session in the Connecticut House of Representatives on Wednesday, State Representative Tony Scott (R-Monroe, Newtown) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in opposing further extension of the Governor’s emergency powers past the end of the summer. Connecticut now remains the only Northeastern state, other than Rhode Island, that has granted […]
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Posted on June 30, 2021
Business and Jobs HB 6633: An Act Restructuring Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Improving Fund Solvency Description: As Connecticut’s business community emerges from COVID, House Republicans were able to attract wide bipartisan support for long-sought reforms to the state’s Unemployment Trust Fund. The fund, paid for by businesses’ unemployment taxes, was depleted during the pandemic as jobless claims […]
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Posted on May 28, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. — State Representative Tony Scott (R-112th) voted against a bill Thursday night that would automatically conceal a broad range of criminal and misdemeanor offenses from Connecticut employers and landlords during a criminal background check. Senate Bill 1019, which was referred to the House following a party-line vote in the Senate, would erase all […]
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Yankee Gas (owned by Eversource) has proposed a rate increase for residential customers, adding an average monthly increase of $46.74 to the typical residential gas See More
I appreciate the Governor’s work in drafting a budget plan and presenting it to us today. This is just the start of the budget process. See More
Celebrating Black History Month and recognizing groundbreaking Connecticut residents like Marian Anderson.
I introduced a bill to require nursing homes and assisted living facilities be equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED). The Public Health Committee held See More
The House was in session yesterday to vote on judicial nominations and two resolutions, one of which makes the surviving families of state employees who See More
