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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 698
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5789
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING COMPLAINTS OF WORKPL ACE VIOLENCE
OR ABUSIVE CONDUCT I NVOLVING STATE EMPLO YEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 1
2020, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative 2
Services shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 3
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the Governor and to the joint 4
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 5
matters relating to government administration, labor and public 6
employees, public safety and mental health and addiction services. 7
Such report shall include (1) a summary of the number of complaints 8
of workplace violence or abusive conduct involving state employees 9
and the outcomes of such complaints for the preceding year, (2) 10
recommendations for administrative or legislative action related to 11
such complaints, and (3) any additional information or 12
recommendations such commissioner deems necessary and relevant 13
regarding the reporting, prevention, evaluation and investigation of 14
such complaints. 15
Committee Bill No. 698
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require that the Department of Administrative Services report the
number of complaints of bullying or abusive conduct involving state
employees to the Governor and the General Assembly.
[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: SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
S.B. 698