PERILLO BILL GOES TO GOVERNOR

Representative Jason Perillo who represents Shelton’s 113th State House District  has sponsored a successful measure to prevent School fires. A bill that would help prevent fires and enhance safety at public schools in Shelton and elsewhere in Connecticut received final legislative approval by the state House of Representatives today. The measure, Senate Bill 850, was sent to Governor M. Jodi Rell to be signed into law. The legislation, which requires local fire marshals to submit reports on their inspections of school buildings to local boards of education, passed the state Senate May 27th, said Representative Perillo, who cosponsored the bill. Perillo drafted the legislation based upon concepts developed in consultation with the State Fire Marshal’s Association and the state Department of Public Safety since January. Perillo introduced the bill following the December fire at Shelton High School in the hope it will ensure safer schools in Shelton and throughout the state. The bill now awaits the Governor’s signature. Perillo said that because the bill closes a major gap in state law, he is “confident Governor Rell will sign it.”