State Senator Eric Berthel
State Senator Eric Berthel
Chief Deputy Republican Leader
Eric Berthel was elected to his fifth term representing the 32nd Senate District in 2024. He is the Republican Ranking Member on the legislature’s Banking, Education, and Executive & Legislative Nominations Committees. He is also a co-chair of the Legislative Internship Committee and serves on the Appropriations Committee and the legislature’s newly formed Select Committee on Special Education.
Eric is extensively committed to public school education and ensuring that we are always doing what is in the best interest of the children of Connecticut. He has also been recognized for his pro-business/small business advocacy and his support of important initiatives in health care, banking, and law enforcement.
Upcoming Events
Pre-Session Legislative Update
🚨📢Attention Homeschooling families, CT parents, & 2A advocates:
On MARCH 11, the legislature will hold THREE public hearings that affect YOUR PARENTAL, RELIGIOUS, MEDICAL, & 2A rights.
1. HOMESCHOOLING 📚10:00 AM — Room 1E: H.B. 5468 on homeschooling and equivalent instruction. HOMESCHOOLING PARENTS, this one is for YOU. You should have the right to decide what’s best for your children’s education.
➡️ Testify in person or remotely (Deadline, Tues., 3/10, 3 p.m.):
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pdXkzrx7Q4Okm42NSRVShg
➡️ Submit written testimony (Choose March 11, H.B. 5468):
www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=ED
2. VACCINE MANDATE ALERT 💉10:30 AM — Room 1D: S.B. 450 & H.B. 5044 on vaccine standards and immunization. Medical & RELIGIOUS freedom is a fundamental right.
Tell the Public Health Committee where you stand.
➡️ Testify in person or remotely (Deadline, Tues., 3/10, 3 p.m.):
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Po5wpMtuT—x6LHLQabeqQ#/registration
➡️ Submit written testimony (Choose March 11, S.B. 450):
www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=PH.
3. GUN LEGISLATION 10:00 a.m.—Room 2C Several bills on gun control that will impede your Second Amendment rights: H.B. 5043, H.B. 5435 & H.B. 5436
➡️ Testify in person or remotely (Deadline, Tues., 3/10, 3 p.m.): zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JzZACF16SHWmis1oPcYeUw#/registration
➡️ Submit written testimony: www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=JUD
Make sure that Hartford hears from the parents, residents, and law-abiding firearm owners of our district.
This sale would bring a flood of annual water rate hikes for customers across CT.
It’s the product of an atrocious legislative backroom deal that silenced the voices of the public.
The solution is to now pass nonpartisan legislation to give PURA authority to review all parts of the deal.
Our focus must be on protecting water customers in this already unaffordable state while protecting the environment.
PURA recommends sale of Aquarion Water to the Regional Water Authority
connecticut.news12.com
The authority agreed to the sale despite "serious misgivings about the financial terms of the transfer."