
Polletta, Joe
68th District (R)
- 860-240-8700
- mailto:Joe.Polletta@housegop.ct.gov
Towns Represented
Watertown, Woodbury (p)
Committees
Labor and Public Employees (Ranking Member); Finance, Revenue and Bonding; Insurance and Real Estate
Voting Record
Year | Vote Name | Score |
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2019 |
JANUS
HB 6935
Favorable vote indicates support for union access to workplaces and the right to organize. |
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2019 |
2019 Budget
HB 7424
Favorable vote indicates support for the budget which increased ECS funds, excluded a proposal to shift the teacher pension costs to municipalities, and restructured the unfunded liability of the Teachers' Retirement Fund. |
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2019 |
Minority Teacher Recruitment
SB 1022
Favorable vote indicates support for SDE's development and implementation of strategies and use of existing resources to hire and employ minority teachers. |
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2019 |
Black and Latino Studies
HB 7082
Favorable vote indicates support for the inclusion of Black and Latino studies in the public school curriculum. |
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2019 |
School Climate
HB 7215
Favorable vote indicates support for the development of a statewide school climate survey,addressing social-emotional learning, and taking steps to make schools safer by expanding the definition of bullying to acts causing physical or emotional harm on any individual in a school, including staff. |
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2019 |
School Play
HB 7250
Favorable vote indicates support for inclusion of additional time for undirected play in the school day. |
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2019 |
School Counselors
SB 956
Favorable vote indicates support for the development of guidelines for a comprehensive school counseling program for all students. |
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2019 |
Cultural Responsiveness
SB 1020
Favorable vote indicates support for the inclusion of cultural responsiveness in training and professional development provided to teachers. |
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2019 |
IEP Retaliation
HB 7353
Favorable vote indicates support for establishing protections to ensure educators who make recommendations in IEP's and PPT's are not retaliated against. |
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2018 |
Classroom Safety
SB 453
Favorable vote indicates support for a bill providing greater teacher input and access to resources to address incidents where a student causes ph1sical harm to others in the classroom. (Passed; Vetoed) |
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2018 |
Elimination of the 1% Teacher Payroll Tax
HB 5430
Favorable vote indicated opposition to this tax, which would have removed health care from collective bargaining for state workers, setting a precedent that could reach other public employees such as teachers. |
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2018 |
Prohibition of Governor's Recissions
HB 5171
Favorable vote indicates support of a bill that would prevent the governor from unilaterall1 making mid-1ear reductions to the education cost sharing grant for cities and towns without legislative approval. (Passed; Vetoed) |
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2018 |
Veto Override of Prohibition of Governor's Recissions
HB 5171
Favorable vote supported a procedural action to permit a future vote to override the governor's veto of the Classroom Safety Bill. |
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2018 |
Displaced Students from Puerto Rico
SB 456
Favorable vote supported legislation providing resources to school districts enrolling students displaced by hurricane Maria. Additional funds in the budget also supported this effort. |
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2018 |
Education Savings Accounts
HB 5340
Favorable vote indicated opposition to this bill in the Banking Committee, which would have required the state to study Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), a type of voucher plan for children to attend a private school. |
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2018 |
2018 Budget Bill
HB 543
Favorable vote rejected governor's proposal to reduce ECS by $63m and Magnet School funding by $18.5m from FY19 enacted amounts. It restored $8.5m funding to teacher retiree health and $1.5m to TEAM. |
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2018 |
2018 Budget Bill Amendment
HB 543 LCO 5967
Favorable vote indicated opposition to this amendment, which would have removed health care from collective bargaining for state workers, setting a precedent that could reach other public employees such as teachers. |
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2018 |
DREAMERS
SB 4
Favorable vote indicates support for a bill that allows undocumented graduates of high schools in Connecticut aka ("Dreamers") be eligible for tuition assistance at public colleges and universities in the state. |
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2018 |
DREAMERS
SB 4
Favorable vote indicates support for a bill that allows undocumented graduates of high schools in Connecticut aka ("Dreamers") be eligible for tuition assistance at public colleges and universities in the state. |
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2017 |
October Budget and ECS
SB 1502
Favorable vote prevented deeper ECS cuts proposed by the governor and staved off efforts to undermine collective bargaining. Opposition (passed SB 1502) |
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2017 |
Teacher Pension Increase
SB 1502
Favorable vote indicates opposition to increasing teachers contrubution to the TRF from 6% to 7%. (SB 1502) |
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2017 |
September Budget
HB 7501
Favorable vote indicates opposition to provisions of this bill that: Increased Teacher Pension contribution to 8%; redistributed ECS to the detriment of needier districts; limited state employee collective bargaining; and undermined municipal collective bargaining. (Passed HB 7501; vetoed) |
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2017 |
SEBAC
HR 202
Favorable vote indicated support of state employee collective bargaining. Opposition sought to undermine the collective bargaining process. (Passed; HR 202 & SR 51) |