Rep. Tom Dent's Email Updates


Tuesday marked the halfway point of the 60-day legislative session. To give you an update on the legislative session and answer your questions, I am co-hosting a 13th District virtual town...

Feb. 10, 2022

We have finished the first two weeks of the 2022 legislative session. Like last year, the state House of Representatives is operating virtually. The plan is to review the operation guidelines...

Jan. 24, 2022

Legislators will be under election year restrictions from Dec. 1 until Jan. 10, so I will not be able to send out email updates or newsletters during that timeframe. I will...

Nov. 23, 2021

Last session, the Legislature passed House Bill 1477, establishing the Crisis Response Improvement Strategy (CRIS) Committee. It is a steering committee comprised of CRIS members and subcommittees to support the redesign...

Oct. 27, 2021

I continue to hear from many of you on the vaccine mandates, our declared state of emergency and more recently, the rising cost of insurance rates. I answer some of the...

Sept. 28, 2021

I have heard from many of you recently regarding mask and vaccination issues, the police reform legislation, long-term care payroll tax and more. Below is an update on some of those...

Aug. 13, 2021

The Legislature recently adjourned the 2021 virtual session. This end-of-session review covers a number of issues as we debated many major policy issues this session. I hope you will contact me...

May 13, 2021

The 2021 legislative session is scheduled to adjourn this Sunday, April 25. There are many major issues that are unresolved such as the operating budget, some of the police reform legislation,...

April 22, 2021

I want to remind you that on Wednesday, March 24 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sen. Judy Warnick, Rep. Alex Ybarra and I will be hosting a virtual town hall...

March 22, 2021

We recently concluded about two weeks of long hours on the “virtual” House floor debating and voting on bills now in the Senate – including some very bad bills. I will...

March 17, 2021