OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa HB-6344 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF THE UNEMPLOYED WORKERS' ADVOCATE. AMENDMENT LCO No.: 9145 File Copy No.: 428 House Calendar No.: 320 Primary Analyst: CW 5/24/21 Contributing Analyst(s): (RC) OFA Fiscal Note Reduces Potential Cost In Bill The amendment, which pushes back the date by which the Labor Commissioner must designate an Unemployed Workers' Advocate, reduces the potential cost identified in the fiscal note on the underlying bill by up to $191,453 in FY 22 only ($135,494 in the Labor Department and $55,959 in the State Comptroller- Fringe Benefits account). The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.