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Vote of Judiciary Committee on 'captive audience' bill

 

(March 28, 2006) Here is the vote of the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee on the "captive audience bill" that would have stopped employers from talking to their employees at customary, mandatory staff meetings about many issues. The vote was 22 against, 18 for, and 1 absent.

 

CBIA encourages its members to contact and thank the committee members who supported the position of the business community. You can send a thank-you message to all of those who supported CBIA's position, or send them individual messages from the list below:

 

Supported CBIA's position
(opposed the bill)
Opposed CBIA's position
(supported the bill)

Rep. Ryan P. Barry (D-12), 860-240-8585 (Manchester)

Rep. Jeffrey J. Berger (D-73), 860-240-0380 (Waterbury)

Rep. Lawrence F. Cafero, Jr. (R-142), 860-240-8700 (Norwalk)

Sen. David J. Cappiello (R-24), 860-240-8875 ( Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman)

Rep. Paul R. Doyle (D-28), 860-240-0410 (Wethersfield)

Rep. William R. Dyson (D-94), 860-240-8585 (New Haven)

Rep. Robert Farr (R-19), 860-240-8700 (Avon, Farmington, West Hartford)

Rep. Gerald Fox, III (D-146), 860-240-8585 (Stamford)

Rep. Janice R. Giegler (R-138), 860-240-8700 ( Danbury, New Fairfield)

Rep. William A. Hamzy (R-78), 860-240-8700 (Bristol, Plymouth)

Rep. DebraLee Hovey (R-112), 860-240-8700 (Monroe, Newtown)

Rep. Themis Klarides (R-114), 860-240-0517 (Derby, Orange, Woodbridge)

Rep. David K. Labriola (R-131), 860-240-8700 (Naugatuck, Oxford, Southbury)

Sen. Andrew J. McDonald (D-27), 860-240-0528 (Darien, Stamford)

Rep. P. Faith McMahon (D-15), 860-240-8585 (Bloomfield, Windsor)

Rep. Arthur J. O'Neill (R-69), 800-842-1423 (Bridgewater, Roxbury, Southbury, Washington)

Rep. Claudia M. Powers (R-151), 860-240-8707 (Greenwich)

Sen. Andrew W. Roraback (R-30), 860-240-8721 (Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester)

Rep. T.R. Rowe (R-123), 800-842-1423 (Trumbull)

Rep. James Field Spallone (D-36), 860-240-8585 (Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam)

Rep. Christopher R. Stone (D-9), 860-240-8585 (East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester)

Rep. Lenny T. Winkler (R-41), 860-240-8700 (Groton)

Rep. Juan R. Candelaria (D-95), 860-240-8585 (New Haven)

Sen. Eric Coleman (D-2) 860-240-5302 (Bloomfield, Hartford, Windsor)

Rep. Patricia A. Dillon (D-92), 860-240-8585 (New Haven)

Rep. John C. Geragosian (D-25), 860-240-8542 (New Britain)

Rep. Robert D. Godfrey (D-110), 860-240-8500 (Danbury)

Sen. Edwin A. Gomes (D-23), 203-374-0435 (Bridgeport, Stratford)

Rep. Minnie Gonzalez (D-3), 860-240-8585 ( Hartford)

Rep. Kenneth P. Green (D-1), 860-240-8585 (Bloomfield, Hartford)

Rep. Gail K. Hamm (D-34), 860-240-8585 (East Hampton, Middletown)

Sen. Mary Ann Handley (D-4), 860-240-0498 (Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough)

Sen. John A. Kissel (R-7), 860-240-0531 (East Granby, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks)

Rep. Michael P. Lawlor (D-99), 860-240-0530 (East Haven)

Sen. Edward Meyer (D-12), 860-240-0527 (Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford)

Rep. Roger B. Michele (D-77), 860-240-8585 (Bristol)

Rep. Melissa M. Olson (D-46), 860-240-8585 (Norwich)

Rep. Joseph C. Serra (D-33), 860-240-8585 (Middletown)

Rep. Cameron C. Staples (D-96), 860-240-0464 (Hamden, New Haven)

Rep. Toni E. Walker (D-93), 860-240-8585 (New Haven)

 

Absent when the vote was taken was Rep. Mary Fritz.

 

Thanks

CBIA thanks its members who contacted the Judiciary Committee to urge them to reject the captive audience bill, HB-5030.

 

For more information about the issue, contact CBIA’s Bonnie Stewart at 860-244-1900 or stewartb@cbia.com.