Zawistowski Receives Committee Assignments

HARTFORD — State Rep. Tami Zawistowski has been appointed to four legislative committees. Zawistowski, elected to her first full two-year term in November, will serve on the legislature’s committees on Appropriations, Planning and Development, Transportation, and Internship.

Her new assignments begin at the start of the legislative session Jan. 7.

“I look forward to tackling the work associated with these committees, which manage topics at the forefront of issues that impact so many residents—from our state’s finances to the growth and development of our communities,” said Zawistowski, who represents the 61st House District serving Suffield, East Granby and Windsor.

The budget-writing Appropriations Committee handles all matters related to the budgets of state agencies, while other issues under its banner include state employees’ salaries, benefits and retirement as well as pensions and collective bargaining agreements for state employees. It also has cognizance over teachers’ retirement and veterans’ pensions.

“Committee work is where the laws of our state are crafted, and it’s where legislators like Tami can make the most difference for the people they serve and the state as a whole,” said incoming House Republican Leader Themis Klarides.

As a member of the Transportation Committee, Zawistowski will work on matters related to the Department of Transportation, including highways and bridges, navigation, aeronautics, mass transit and railroads; and to the State Traffic Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Zawistowski’s work on the Planning and Development Committee will see her work on issues tied to local governments, housing, urban renewal, planning and zoning, economic development, and regional planning.

While serving on the legislature’s Internship Committee, Zawistowski will help guide a program that provides students with an educational opportunity unavailable in a traditional academic setting—one that gives students on-site experience with the formal and informal aspects of Connecticut’s legislative process.