LCO No. 2492 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6724 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2492 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: REP. GILCHREST, 18 th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING STATE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND LARGE, STATE-ASSISTED CONSTRUCTION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 31 of the general statutes be amended to require 1 contractors on large, state-assisted construction projects costing greater 2 than ten million dollars to use apprentices from a state-registered 3 apprenticeship program with a graduation rate greater than thirty per 4 cent. 5 Statement of Purpose: To link state apprenticeship programs with major state-assisted construction.