January 18, 2013
BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
AND CHILDREN’S SAFETY SCHEDULES HEARINGS
Subgroup members named
A special bipartisan task force recently announced by legislative leaders and charged with developing recommendations designed to reduce gun violence, enhance school safety and increase access to mental health care has scheduled a series of public hearings.
There will be a public hearing focusing on school safety on January 25 at 9:30 a.m., a gun safety hearing on January 28 at 10:00 a.m., and a hearing on mental health issues January 29 at 10:00 a.m., all in room 2C at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. A fourth public hearing will be held by the task force at Newtown High School on January 30 at 6:00 p.m.
Appointments to three subgroups within the task force were also announced by Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden), House Republican Leader Larry Cafero (R-Norwalk), Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., (D-Brooklyn), Senate Republican Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield), House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz (D-Berlin) and Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven).
| Gun Violence: Sen. Martin Looney, Co-chair Rep. Craig Miner, Co-chair Rep. Gerald Fox III Rep. Stephen Dargan Rep. Bob Godfrey Rep. Toni Walker Rep. Rosa Rebimbas Rep. Janice Giegler Rep. Dan Carter Sen. Eric Coleman Sen. John Fonfara Sen. Joan Hartley Sen. John Kissel Sen. Scott Frantz Sen. Tony Guglielmo Sen. Kevin Witkos |
School Safety: Rep. Andrew Fleischmann, Co-chair Sen. Toni Boucher, Co-chair Rep. Roberta Willis Rep. Patricia Widlitz Rep. Diana Urban Rep. Tim Ackert Rep. Tim LeGeyt Rep. Whit Betts Rep. Mitch Bolinsky Sen. Dante Bartolomeo Sen. Andrea Stillman Sen. Beth Bye Sen. Andrew Maynard Sen. Art Linares Sen. Mike McLachlan Sen. Kevin Witkos |
Mental Health: Sen. Toni Harp, Co-chair Rep. Terrie Wood, Co-chair Rep. Susan Johnson Rep. Cathy Abercrombie Rep. Robert Megna Rep. Betsy Ritter Rep. Prasad Srinivasan Rep. DebraLee Hovey Sen. Terry Gerratana Sen. Gayle Slossberg Sen. Joe Crisco Sen. Rob Kane Sen. Kevin Kelly Sen. Joe Markley Sen. Jason Welch |
CONTACTS:
| Adam Joseph Senate Democrats 860-240-8641 |
Brett Cody Senate Republicans 860-240-8806 |
Gabe Rosenberg House Democrats 860-240-0160 |
Pat O'Neil House Republicans 860-240-8700 |