State Representative Denise C. Garlick represents the 43,000 people of the 13 Norfolk District, comprised of Needham, Dover and Medfield (precincts 1 and 2). She currently serves as the Chair of Bills in Third Reading, which is the final committee legislation must pass before it can be engrossed. She is also serving as the elected Chair of the permanent funded Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities and she is the only legislator serving on the Opioid Trust Fund Advisory Council.
I am strongly in support of common-sense gun violence reform legislation, which promotes public health and public safety. Massachusetts has the best and the strictest gun laws in the nation and the lowest death rate, thanks to our vigilant efforts. As the Chair of the Needham Coalition for Suicide Prevention, I find it particularly important that our state has the lowest suicide rate by a firearm.