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Committee debates portrait policy, retains bills to accept portraits of Jeb Bradley and Sylvia Larson
Summary
The Legislative Administration Committee heard testimony on two bills to accept portraits into the State House collection and spent an extended work session debating limits, storage, and a possible virtual solution. The committee voted to retain both bills for further work on statute and policy.
The Legislative Administration Committee on the request of sponsor aides heard testimony on two bills—SB 186, to allow the joint legislative historical committee to accept and display a portrait of Senator Jeb Bradley, and SB 200, to request the joint committee accept and hang a portrait of former Senator Sylvia Larson.
Max Taylor, legislative aide to Senator Ricciardi, introduced SB 186 and described the measure as honoring "a leader who has made a lasting impact on our state through years of dedicated public service," and urged the committee to move the bill "ought to pass." Taylor said the portrait for Senator Jeb Bradley had not, to his knowledge, yet been completed or commissioned.
Senator Tara Reardon, appearing for SB 200, described former Senator Sylvia Larson's legislative record and said the portrait "has been created" and is currently stored in Room 120 of the State House. Donna Soucy, who served as Larson's chief of staff, testified about Larson's leadership and the…
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