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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5149
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKFORCE PIPELINE A ND JOB
CREATION TASK FORCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a workforce 1
pipeline and job creation task force to prepare the state's future 2
workforce for well-paying manufacturing and technical jobs located in 3
Connecticut. 4
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 5
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 6
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 7
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 8
Representatives; 9
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 10
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 11 Committee Bill No. 5
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Representatives; 12
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 13
(7) The Labor Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; and 14
(8) Two persons appointed by the Governor. 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 the 28
Department of Consumer Protection shall serve as administrative staff 29
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 labor, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 34
the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 35
submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 36
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 workforce pipeline and job creation task force to prepare
the state's future workforce for well-paying manufacturing and
technical jobs located in Connecticut.
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist.
SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.; SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.; SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.; SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.; SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.; SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.; REP. SIMMS, 140th Dist.
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.; REP. GIBSON, 15th Dist.
S.B. 5
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