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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 462 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 188 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 462 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN LICENSED |
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| 19 | 19 | | OCCUPATIONS. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Require each state agency 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | responsible for issuing a credential to report to the Secretary of the 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Office of Policy and Management on the extent such credential may be 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | issued or renewed online not later than July 1, 2022, (2) require the Labor 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Department to issue last-year identification cards to qualified registered 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | apprentices who have completed seventy-five per cent of their required 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | work experience and instruction in the electrical, plumbing, heating, 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | piping and cooling, sprinkler fitter or sheet metal work trades, (3) allow 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | any initial or didactic training or continuing instruction required to 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | obtain or renew a credential to be completed via the Internet or distance 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | learning, (4) require the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Loan Authority to submit a report, not later than November 1, 2021, on 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | financing opportunities for residents pursuing postsecondary 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | occupational education and recommendations for the use of income-14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | based repayment in financing programs, (5) require agencies that issue 15 Proposed Bill No. 188 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 462 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | occupational credentials to review and make recommendations to 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | reduce or eliminate barriers to participation, (6) allow the Department 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of Consumer Protection to deny or issue a building trade license 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | pursuant to a consent order if the commissioner determines the 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | applicant is guilty of a felony, and (7) require occupational credentials 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | to be issued, under certain circumstances, to a person who (A) 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | establishes Connecticut residency, or (B) is married to an active duty 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | member of the United States armed forces or accompanied such member 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | to a Connecticut military installation. 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 52 | 52 | | To reduce barriers to occupational licensure by encouraging the |
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| 53 | 53 | | utilization of and supporting apprenticeship programs in the building |
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| 54 | 54 | | trades. |
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