Eleni Kavros DeGraw

When does session feel real? For me, it's when I start to bring out bills, and yesterday, I brought out three bills for the Planning and Development Committee, and one more today.

Tonight is the start of Passover, and I wish everyone celebrating a peaceful and happy time with their families. I'd also like to extend Happy Easter wishes to all celebrating this weekend. This year, Orthodox Easter is thankfully only a week later.

Today is Equal Pay Day. It’s the day that working women have to work to earn the same amount that a man earns in 12 months. Does that fact surprise you? Sadly, it shouldn’t. I’m sharing details below on a bill we are working on that seeks to close the ever-present wage gap between men and women.

To give you a sense of where we are in the session, many committees are completing their final work due to their final deadlines. Our money committees are the last to finish, so there is still time to testify over the next couple of weeks.

You may have heard that our Capitol was busy yesterday. As we hurdle toward the end of committee deadlines, we are completing our final public hearings and our final committee meetings for this very short session.

Happy Read Across America Week! Lucky me, I was able to stop by Pine Grove School Thursday afternoon with Senator Honig in between meetings to read to some really adorable Kindergarten students. Parents, you're doing an awesome job with these lively and curious kiddos.

I'm currently writing this from under a snowdrift, and my guess is you might be reading it from one! Kidding aside, this winter is a gift for our farmers and their upcoming planting season, but a bit of a drag for a lot of us as we plow through another week of the short session.

Our Public Safety Informational Forum scheduled for tonight at Avon High School has been postponed due to inclement weather. I will share the rescheduled date for this important event as soon as we have one. Please stay safe!