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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5001
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5686
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY WORKF ORCE
TRAINING NEEDS IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study the workforce training needs in the state. The task force shall 2
examine (1) the industries in the state that lack access to a workforce 3
with the requisite skills training, and (2) any certificate programs or 4
programs of higher education that provide skills training or education 5
in such industries. 6
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 7
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 8
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 9
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 10
Representatives; 11
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 12
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(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 13
Representatives; and 14
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 15
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 16
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 17
of the General Assembly. 18
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 19
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 20
filled by the appointing authority. 21
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 22
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 23
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 24
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 25
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 26
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 27
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher 28
education and employment advancement shall serve as administrative 29
staff of the task force. 30
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 31
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 32
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 33
relating to higher education and employment advancement, in 34
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 35
The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or 36
January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 37
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to study workforce training needs in the state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist.; REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
REP. PAOLILLO, 97th Dist.; REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.
REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist.; REP. SANCHEZ, 25th Dist.
REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist.; REP. ABERCROMBIE, 83rd Dist.
REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.; REP. PALM, 36th Dist.
REP. ROSARIO, 128th Dist.; REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd
Dist.
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.; REP. SLAP, 19th Dist.
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.; REP. RILEY, 46th Dist.
REP. TURCO, 27th Dist.; REP. REYES, 75th Dist.
REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist.; REP. SANTIAGO H., 84th Dist.
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.; REP. GARIBAY, 60th Dist.
REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist.; REP. DE LA CRUZ, 41st Dist.
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.; REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist.
REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.; REP. HALL, 7th Dist.
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.; REP. CONCEPCION, 4th Dist.
REP. ROCHELLE, 104th Dist.; REP. GUCKER, 138th Dist.
REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.; REP. ROSE, 118th Dist.
REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist.; REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.
REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist.; REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.
REP. D'AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.; REP. DIMASSA, 116th Dist.
REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.; REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.; REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.; REP. NAPOLI, 73rd Dist.
REP. MORIN, 28th Dist.; REP. STAFSTROM, 129th Dist.
REP. ARNONE, 58th Dist.; REP. ROTELLA, 43rd Dist.
REP. BOYD, 50th Dist.; REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
REP. SIMMS, 140th Dist.; REP. WILSON PHEANIOUS, 53rd Dist.
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.; REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist.
REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.; REP. BORER, 115th Dist.
REP. SANTIAGO E., 130th Dist.
H.B. 5001