Aundré Bumgardner

The UCONN Huskies have done it again! Congrats to the women's basketball team for taking home the 2025 NCAA Tournament Championship. This weekend, you can be part of the celebration in downtown Hartford, honoring the team for securing the school's 12th national title.

The weather today was gorgeous, but the wet stuff will be with us for a bit beginning tomorrow. Hello spring! We're at the back end of the 2025 legislative session, and we've got a lot of work to do before we close on June 4th. I'll keep you posted on what we're doing in Hartford, especially bills I am supporting that will benefit the 41st.

As we near the halfway point of the legislative session, today marks a key milestone: the Joint Favorable (JF) deadline for the Environment Committee. This is the last day for the committee to advance bills it intends to send forward in the legislative process.

Go Huskies! Tonight the UCONN men's basketball team starts it's journey for a third straight national championship.

I hope you're doing well. I've packed quite a bit of news, alerts, updates, and resources I believe will at least be of interest to you or helpful to you.

This week in Hartford my colleagues and I were busy passing bills regarding immediate special education funding, how ICE is allowed to interact with schools, NIL payment guidelines for college athletes, and tax breaks for veterans. It's been exciting to address such a wide variety of issues facing our communities, and things are not slowing down next week.

Session is up and running with public hearings, committee debate over bills, and more. I am thoroughly enjoying my time serving as vice chair of the Environment Committee and will soon be sharing some of the meaningful work we're doing this session.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Every day is a privilege to work for you and represent our district. Wishing you all a day full of love and kindness. I hope you enjoy this week's newsletter.