Policy Details Matter

When I was first elected, I thought that most legislators would carefully consider the details of bills and their impact on the state if passed. I have unfortunately learned that too many don’t concern themselves with the details and vote based upon emotion and ideas of what would be good.

Before I ran for State Representative, I testified on bills in Concord calling attention to the details and their impact

I ran for office after Covid because I thought childcare would be more predictable if I was elected, and I knew that we needed close attention to detail as we worked through this historic time.

Year One, I wrote and passed a bill to improve the way people who don’t live in town are removed from the voting list and I got deeply involved in improving and passing Education Freedom Accounts.

Year Two, I wrote and passed a bill to update the laws for traditional unfunded homeschoolers.

Year Three, I was appointed to the committee that approves administrative rules so I REALLY got to dig into details.

Year Four, I am on track for at least one bill I wrote to become law and I flagged legislation which passed the Senate with poorly vetted policy and improved the language where I could in the House.

The most important job of a legislator is making sure that the laws they pass are worded right. This is to make sure the bill actually solves the need, and also to avoid creating new problems. This is most important in committee, as we must trust the legislators in other policy committees to do their homework while we do theirs.

Without a focus on detail, bad things can happen. That’s why I am willing to be a lone voice calling attention to a problem.