General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 608 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 931 Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees Introduced by: SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 608 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 931 Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees Introduced by: SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING A TEMPORARY HIRING FREEZE ON CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to implement a hiring freeze on new state employees for a period of one year with an exception for the replacement of any public safety employee vacancies. Statement of Purpose: To implement a temporary hiring freeze on most new state employee job vacancies.