OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-152
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF WAREHOUSE
WORKERS.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 9675)
House Calendar No.: 641
Senate Calendar No.: 267
Primary Analyst: CW 6/14/23
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 24 $ FY 25 $
Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential
Revenue Gain
None None
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill, which limits the extent to which certain warehouse
distribution centers can require their employees to meet production
quotas, results in a potential General Fund revenue gain from civil
penalties for violations beginning in FY 26.
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Section 3 allows anyone aggrieved by a violation of its provisions on
quotas, or the attorney general, to bring a civil action in Superior Court.
This does not result in any fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.
The court system disposes of over 250,000 cases annually and the
number of cases is not anticipated to be great enough to need additional
resources.
Section 4 requires the Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC)
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The bill provides civil penalties of $1,000 for a first violation, $2,000 for a second
violation, and $3,000 for subsequent violations. 2023SB-00152-R02-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
to monitor employee injury rates for certain employers and notify the
Department of Labor (DOL) when such rates are more than 1.5 times the
industry average, resulting in no fiscal impact to the state, provided
WCC receives information on qualifying employers from DOL.
Senate "A" (1) delays the effective date from July 1, 2023 to July 1,
2025; (2) removes DOL as the administering agency and; (3) specifies
that all relief from violations of the bill's provisions is through the court
system, which eliminates the costs identified in the fiscal note on the
underlying bill and delays the potential revenue gain.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to fluctuation in the number of
violations that occur annually.
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.