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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1125
January Session, 2023
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 Section 31-22r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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, 2024): 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each subsequent year until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) 8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withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and 15
possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if 16
required. 17
(b) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered 18 Substitute Bill No. 1125
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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, 2024, 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 participating in such sponsor's program, (3) the number of 32
licensed journeypersons currently employed by such sponsor, (4) the 33
number of registered apprentices participating in such program who 34
have advanced a year since the date of such sponsor's previous 35
registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (5) the number of 36
apprentices who have separated from such sponsor's program since the 37
date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new 38
sponsors, (6) the number of apprentices who have completed an 39
apprenticeship program with such sponsor since the date of such 40
sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, and 41
(7) the number of apprentices who completed such sponsor's program 42
who have been issued an occupational license by the Department of 43
Consumer Protection and are currently employed by such sponsor. All 44
information shall be submitted in a form and manner as prescribed by 45
the commissioner and disaggregated by gender identity, race and 46
ethnicity. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210, such 47
information provided by a sponsor shall be considered a public record 48
and all persons shall have the right to inspect and copy such records in 49
accordance with the provisions of section 1-212. 50
[(c)] (d) Fifty per cent of any amount collected by the Labor 51 Substitute Bill No. 1125
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Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General 52
Fund and fifty per cent of such amount shall be credited to a separate 53
nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for the purpose of 54
administering the department's apprentice training program and 55
sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive. 56
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2024 31-22r
LAB Joint Favorable Subst.
APP Joint Favorable