Aimee Berger-Girvalo

It's been one week since the session ended, and I've had some time to reflect on what we accomplished between January and June. For the next few weeks, I will be highlighting bills I personally worked on, or that were particularly meaningful to members of our community.

Thanks to ongoing conversations with Ridgefield's Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Selectmen, and the local Council of Governments, as well as other state legislators from Fairfield County, I have given direct feedback to leadership at the Capitol on housing bills, with the goal of arriving at a final bill that could help Ridgefield, and at the very least, won’t harm us. None of the bills before us are in their final form, and none have the same language or specifications they had when heard in the public hearing, but I will continue to advocate for Ridgefield until they are ready to be voted on in either chamber. 

We passed a number of great bills on Wednesday!

The House of Representatives passed HJ 1 yesterday, which means you will get to decide if we amend the state constitution to allow no-excuse absentee voting in 2024.

During Wednesday's House session, I spoke on the House floor in support of House Bill 6672

ICYMI: Below is a list of bills the House passed this week.

Connecticut voters asked the legislature for more voting options through a constitutional amendment on early voting that they overwhelmingly approved, and we are answering the call.