LCO No. 2149 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6184 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2149 Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. DIMASSA, 116th Dist. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT LAID OFF AND REHIRED EMPLOYEES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to establish, for companies with 1 five hundred or fewer employees, a tax deduction of one thousand 2 dollars for each employee who was laid off in the 2020 calendar year 3 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rehired by such company. 4 Statement of Purpose: To establish, for companies with five hundred or fewer employees, a tax deduction of one thousand dollars for each employee who was laid off in the 2020 calendar year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rehired by such company.