Josh Elliott

Today I testified in favor of HB 6313, which would establish a tax for single-use carry out plastic and paper bags. The funds from such tax would be used for environmental purposes and encourage consumers to use reusable bags.

I recently spoke about the Campaign for Paid Family Leave with my colleague Matt Lesser.

Thanks to the efforts of Hamden’s delegation and the Governor, Hamden has been awarded a $600,000 grant as part of a 14 town remediation and brownfield revitalization program.

It is time we start paying a living wage! The typical minimum wage worker in Connecticut is a woman in her 30's with children. When we pay people poverty level wages, taxpayers have to make up the difference.

State Reps. Josh Elliott (D-88), Michael D’Agostino (D-91) and Robyn Porter (D-94), applauded the State Bonding Commission’s approval of $297,800 in funding for the Hamden Police Department.

Facing a $1.5BB deficit and an upcoming budget expected to be laden with additional cuts to services and jobs, I joined fellow lawmakers and advocates today to introduce Proposed Bill 6973, which would close the “carried interest” tax loophole, which would generate more than $520 million for the state.

Rep. Josh Elliott has been appointed Vice Chair of the Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee for the 2017-2019 term by Democratic leaders, Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz (D-30) and Majority Leader Matthew Ritter (D-1.)

Josh Elliott was sworn in as state representative Wednesday during the opening day ceremony of the 2017 legislative session at the State Capitol in Hartford.