Lucy Dathan

The Norwalk democratic state legislative delegation, Representative Lucy Dathan, Representative Dominique Johnson, Representative Travis Simms, Representative Kadeem Roberts, and Senator Bob Duff today announced a back-to-school supplies/ backpack drive in partnership with Open Doors to help area families in need.

A number of new laws, that my colleagues and I worked on during the 2023 legislative session to implement meaningful change in our state, will take effect in Connecticut on July 1.

On Thursday, June 22, I will be at Norwalk Community College, for an end of session conversation with constituents.

I will be co-hosting an end of session conversation with my New Canaan colleagues, Rep. Denning and Sen. Maher to highlight some of this year's session accomplishments and present some of our legislative work to our constituents.

The House of Representatives delivered a state budget that includes the largest income tax cut in the state’s history and significant increases in funding for local schools, also known as Education Cost Sharing (ECS) funds.

I proudly led House passage of one of our top legislative priorities this session - HB 5001, a measure addressing and expanding vital services to our Intellectually, Developmentally Disabled (IDD) population by connecting people with the programs they need and qualify for. Delivering on this key legislative priority this session was critical in part because it has been lacking adequate funding and services for far too long.

Good news for Connecticut's growing economy! Connecticut just received an upgraded credit rating from the Kroll Bond Rating Agency, which means that our General Obligation bond credit rating was upgraded from AA (stable) to AA+ (stable), just one step below the highest credit rating possible!

Eversource and United Illuminating (UI), Connecticut's two electric distribution companies (EDCs), have filed new and lower standard service rates for residential customers from July 1 through December 31 with the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), and the average bills are expected to decrease significantly from current levels.