Senate Bill No. 723 Special Act No. 17-13 AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICESHIP COSTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Office of Apprenticeship Training shall conduct a study of the impact that apprenticeship costs have on small businesses. The Office of Apprenticeship Training shall report the findings of such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees on or before January 1, 2018.