State Representative Steve Stafstrom

Honor the memory of those who gave all this Memorial Day.

Sine Die! What a productive Session. Now we sleep.

The Connecticut General Assembly passed a responsible, people-focused state budget that invests in our communities while maintaining fiscal discipline.

This budget delivers real progress for working families by:
✅ Investing hundreds of millions in childcare and early education to help parents work and kids succeed
✅ Increasing education funding for our cities and towns, including additional ECS support for underfunded districts
✅ Providing new municipal aid to help communities manage property tax pressure
✅ Expanding funding for healthcare programs like HUSKY and strengthening our social safety net
✅ Supporting small businesses and workers with targeted tax relief and economic development tools

The budget also preserves Connecticut’s fiscal stability while directing surplus resources toward the services families rely on every day.

For cities like Bridgeport, these investments mean stronger schools, healthier families, and more support for the services our residents count on.

I’m proud to support a budget that prioritizes opportunity, affordability, and a stronger future for Connecticut.

The Bridgeport House Democratic Legislative Delegation is pleased to announce that it has secured more than $25 million in additional funding for the City of Bridgeport, including critical support to help address the current budget shortfall facing Bridgeport Public Schools.

This funding reflects the House’s strong commitment to prioritizing education and delivering meaningful assistance to municipalities facing fiscal challenges. Through the focused and sustained advocacy of the Bridgeport House Democratic Legislative Delegation, in collaboration with colleagues across the caucus, this investment will provide much-needed relief to Bridgeport Public Schools and help stabilize the city’s finances.

Bridgeport has been called fiscally irresponsible for years. We say math tells a different story. Additional funding exists through a voluntary state oversight program - a chance to let the numbers speak for themselves.
The delegation extends its sincere appreciation to Speaker Matt Ritter for his leadership in advancing this funding plan, as well as to Governor Ned Lamont for his continued support

“The Judiciary Committee continues to hear repeated concerns from those who are incarcerated, from staff, from family members, from advocates and others about those who are entrusted to the care of the state through DOC not receiving timely access to their medication, not receiving routine medical treatment and not receiving — in some instances — the life saving treatment that they need to come back out of prison on the other side,” said Rep. Steve Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chair of the legislature’s Judiciary Committee. Stafstrom said medical care in the state’s prisons was “at a crisis level.”

House bill 'a start' to fixing medical care in CT state prisons HB 5567 would grant correction ombuds resources to investigate medical complaints, require DOC to fix problems with medication, nurse staff.