Today the House and Senate were in special session. But, was, really, for procedural reasons.
The foremost of these reasons was to approve a resolution that calls the legislature into a special session to take up:
There are a number of other issues that I am trying to also get taken up in that special session, as well. For example, the legislature approved $1 million to assist ambulance services, like the New Britain EMS, that have special funding needs, but the state Department of Social Services is refusing to release the money the way the legislature intended, so we need to approve legislation to direct the Department to release the money where it is needed.
More work is ahead in both of these areas.
The foremost of these reasons was to approve a resolution that calls the legislature into a special session to take up:
Bills relating to criminal offenses, sentencing and procedure, the incarceration, release and supervision of offenders, and the sharing of criminal justice information, including the costs related to such bills.That session could, legally, be convened tomorrow. But, it looks like it will really occur in January.
There are a number of other issues that I am trying to also get taken up in that special session, as well. For example, the legislature approved $1 million to assist ambulance services, like the New Britain EMS, that have special funding needs, but the state Department of Social Services is refusing to release the money the way the legislature intended, so we need to approve legislation to direct the Department to release the money where it is needed.
More work is ahead in both of these areas.
