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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1125
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 4841
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICESHIP REPORTING DATA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 31-22r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 2
(a) (1) Each person who registered as an apprentice with the Labor 3
Department before July 1, 2003, and has not completed an 4
apprenticeship as of July 9, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a 5
registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July 1, 2003, and a 6
renewal registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July first of 7
each subsequent year until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) 8
such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid 9
journeyperson card of occupational license, if required. 10
(2) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the Labor 11
Department on or after July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department 12
a registration fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration and an annual 13
renewal registration fee of fifty dollars until (A) such registration is 14
withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and 15 Raised Bill No. 1125
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possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if 16
required. 17
(b) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered 18
with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor 19
Department an annual registration fee of sixty dollars for each 20
apprentice participating in such program until the apprentice has 21
completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card 22
of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled by the 23
sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in 24
accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, 25
whichever is earlier. 26
(c) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered 27
with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2023, shall annually submit the 28
following information along with such sponsor's annual registration fee: 29
(1) The current minimum completion rate of such sponsor's 30
apprenticeship program, (2) the number of registered apprentices 31
currently employed by such sponsor, (3) the number of women 32
apprentices currently employed by such sponsor, (4) the number of 33
apprentices who are persons of color currently employed by such 34
sponsor, (5) the number of licensed journeypersons currently employed 35
by such sponsor, (6) the number of such sponsor's registered apprentices 36
who have advanced a year in such sponsor's program since the date of 37
the sponsor's last registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (7) the 38
number of apprentices who have separated from such sponsor's 39
program since the date of their last registration, or year to date for new 40
sponsors, (8) the number of apprentices who have completed an 41
apprenticeship program with such sponsor since the date of the 42
sponsor's last registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (9) the 43
number of apprentices who have completed such sponsor's program 44
who have since applied with the Department of Consumer Protection to 45
sit for a licensing exam since the date of the sponsor's last registration, 46
or year to date for new sponsors, and (10) the number of apprentices 47
who sat for such licensing exam and who passed such exam and who 48
are now licensed journeypersons currently employed by such sponsor. 49 Raised Bill No. 1125
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Failure on behalf of a sponsor to submit such information shall 50
constitute grounds for termination of such sponsor's registered 51
apprenticeship program, provided, such sponsor may register the 52
following year. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210, such 53
information provided by a sponsor shall be considered a public record 54
and all persons shall have the right to inspect and copy such records in 55
accordance with the provisions of section 1-212. 56
[(c)] (d) Fifty per cent of any amount collected by the Labor 57
Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General 58
Fund and fifty per cent of such amount shall be credited to a separate 59
nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for the purpose of 60
administering the department's apprentice training program and 61
sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive. 62
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 31-22r
Statement of Purpose:
To require sponsors of apprenticeship programs registered with the
Labor Department to submit information pertaining to their programs
to the Labor Department.
[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.]