ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Joint Committee on Legislative Management wishes to thank Information Technology employees Sophie King for editing the 2008 Legislative Guide and Robert Caroti for the wonderful photograph of the dome of the State Capitol Building featured on the cover. LEADERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENATE President Pro Tempore, Donald E. Williams, Jr. Majority Leader, Martin M. Looney Chief Deputy President Pro Tempore, Thomas P. Gaffey Deputy President Pro Tempore, Eric D. Coleman Deputy President Pro Tempore, Eileen M. Daily Deputy President Pro Tempore, Toni N. Harp Deputy President Pro Tempore, Joan Hartley Chief Deputy Majority Leader, Mary Ann Handley Deputy Majority Leader, Thomas A. Colapietro Deputy Majority Leader, John W. Fonfara Deputy Majority Leader, Andrew J. McDonald Deputy Majority Leader, Gary LeBeau Deputy Majority Leader, Andrea L. Stillman Deputy Caucus Leader and Federal Relations Liaison, Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. Assistant President Pro Tempore, Edith G. Prague Chief Assistant Majority Leader, Donald J. DeFronzo Assistant Majority Leader, Jonathan A. Harris Majority Whip, Bob Duff Deputy Majority Whip, Gayle Slossberg Deputy Majority Whip, Edwin A. Gomes Deputy Majority Whip, Edward Meyer Assistant Majority Whip, Paul Doyle Assistant Majority Whip, Andrew Maynard Senate Minority Leader, John McKinney Senate Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Leonard Fasano Deputy Senate Minority Leader Pro Tempore/Minority Caucus Chairman Andrew Roraback Chief Deputy Minority Leader, Judith G. Freedman Chief Deputy Minority Leader, William H. Nickerson Deputy Minority Leader, David Cappiello Deputy Minority Leader, Tony Guglielmo Deputy Minority Leader, Thomas Herlihy Deputy Minority Leader, John Kissel Assistant Minority Leader, Sam Caligiuri Assistant Minority Leader, Dan Debicella Assistant Minority Leader, Robert Kane LEADERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Speaker of the House, James A. Amann Majority Leader, Christopher G. Donovan Deputy Speaker of the House, Emil “Buddy” Altobello Deputy Speaker of the House, Mary Fritz Deputy Speaker of the House, Demetrios Giannaros Deputy Speaker of the House, Robert Godfrey Deputy Speaker of the House, Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey Deputy Majority Leader, Michael Christ Deputy Majority Leader, Linda Orange Deputy Majority Leader, Walter Pawelkiewicz Deputy Majority Leader, Felipe Reinoso Deputy Majority Leader, Brendan Sharkey Deputy Majority Leader, Toni Walker Majority Caucus Chair, John Geragosian Deputy Majority Caucus Chair, Robert T. Keeley, Jr. Majority Whip-At-Large, Louis P. Esposito Deputy Majority Whip-At-Large, Minnie Gonzalez Deputy Majority Whip, Elizabeth “Betty” Boukus Deputy Majority Whip, Jack Malone Deputy Majority Whip, Vickie Orsini Nardello Assistant Majority Whip, Terry Backer Assistant Majority Whip, John “Corky” Mazurek Assistant Majority Whip, David McCluskey Assistant Majority Whip, Steven Mikutel Assistant Majority Whip, Melissa Olson Assistant Majority Whip, James O’Rourke Assistant Majority Whip, Patricia Widlitz Assistant Majority Leader, Juan Candelaria Assistant Majority Leader, Don Clemons Assistant Majority Leader, Patricia Dillon Assistant Majority Leader, William Dyson Assistant Majority Leader, Gail Hamm Assistant Majority Leader, Joan Lewis Assistant Majority Leader, Robert Megna Assistant Majority Leader, Ted Moukawsher Assistant Majority Leader, Mary Mushinsky Assistant Majority Leader, Sandy Nafis Assistant Majority Leader, Tim O’Brien Assistant Majority Leader, Jamie Spallone Assistant Majority Leader, Kathy Tallarita Assistant Majority Leader, Peter Tercyak LEADERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Assistant Majority Leader, John W. (Jack) Thompson Assistant Majority Leader, Christel H. Truglia Assistant Majority Leader, George Wilber Assistant Majority Leader, Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski House Republican Leader, Lawrence F. Cafero, Jr. Deputy House Republican Leader, William Hamzy Deputy House Republican Leader, Themis Klarides Deputy House Republican Leader-At-Large, Claudia (Dolly) Powers House Republican Caucus Chair, John Harkins House Republican Whip, Ruth C. Fahrbach House Republican Whip, John Frey House Republican Whip, John E. Piscopo House Republican Whip, Pamela Sawyer Assistant House Republican Leader, Antonietta “Toni” Boucher Assistant House Republican Leader, Michael A. Caron Assistant House Republican Leader, Mary Ann Carson Assistant House Republican Leader, Tony D’Amelio Assistant House Republican Leader, Richard Ferrari Assistant House Republican Leader, Livvy Floren Assistant House Republican Leader, Lile Gibbons Assistant House Republican Leader, David Labriola Assistant House Republican Leader, Selim Noujaim Assistant House Republican Leader, John Ryan Assistant House Republican Leader, John Stripp Assistant House Republican Leader, David Scribner CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE GUIDE Office of Legislative Management 2008 Session TABLE OF CONTENTS BY SUBJECT Leaders of the General Assembly ............................................................ Preface Members of the General Assembly ................................................................... 1 Addresses & Telephone Numbers......................................................... 2 Towns as Districted for Election Purposes (Effective January 8, 2003) ... ............................................................. 3 Alphabetical Roll of the Senate............................................................. 7 Numerical Roll of the Senate .............................................................. 21 Alphabetical Roll of the House ........................................................... 35 Numerical Roll of the House............................................................... 75 Committees of the General Assembly ........................................................... 115 Legislative Committees ..................................................................... 116 Committee Assignments.................................................................... 120 Staff Offices .................................................................................................... 135 Office of Joint Committee on Legislative Management .................. 136 Office of Information Technology Services ..................................... 137 State Capitol Police, Office of........................................................... 139 Senate and House Clerks' Offices ..................................................... 141 Legislative Commissioners' Office ................................................... 143 Office of Legislative Research ......................................................... 146 Legislative Library............................................................................. 148 Office of Fiscal Analysis ................................................................... 149 Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee........... 152 Law Revision Commission................................................................ 153 Caucus Staffs...................................................................................... 154 Governor's Legislative Liaison Office.............................................. 156 Support Services ............................................................................................. 157 Bill Room........................................................................................... 158 Legislative Information Room .......................................................... 158 Legislative Internship Program......................................................... 159 State Library - Legislative Reference Unit ....................................... 160 State Library Bill Room..................................................................... 160 State Capitol and Legislative Office Building Tours ....................... 160 Miscellaneous Agencies and Functions ........................................................ 161 Auditors of Public Accounts ............................................................. 162 Permanent Commission on the Status of Women ............................ 163 Commission on Children................................................................... 164 Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission.................................. 166 African-American Affairs Commission............................................ 168 Capitol Child Development Center................................................... 169 Commission on Aging............. ……………………………………170 i Legislative Reporters...................................................................................... 173 General Information ....................................................................................... 175 Officials and Their Duties ................................................................. 176 Committees ........................................................................................ 177 Enactment of Bills ............................................................................. 179 Transcripts of Proceedings ................................................................ 183 Constitutional, Statutory and Regulatory Provisions ....................... 183 Senate and House Floor Procedures.................................................. 184 Administrative Regulations............................................................................ 187 Regulations Concerning State Capitol Building, Legislative Office Building, and Surrounding