OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa sSB-1125 AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICESHIP REPORTING DATA. As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 7134) Senate Calendar No.: 194 Primary Analyst: CW 5/24/23 Contributing Analyst(s): OFA Fiscal Note State Impact: Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 24 $ FY 25 $ Labor Dept. GF - Cost 17,147 70,301 State Comptroller - Fringe Benefits 1 GF - Cost 7,342 30,103 Note: GF=General Fund Municipal Impact: None Explanation The bill, which requires sponsors of a registered apprenticeship program to annually submit specified information (with their registration fee) to the Department of Labor (DOL), results in a cost of $24,489 in FY 24 (partial year) and $100,404 in FY 25. The Office of Apprenticeship Training within DOL would require one Processing Technician to process, verify, and potentially adjust the information required under the bill from each of the approximately 1,700 employers and over 6,400 apprentice registration renewal transactions the agency receives annually. The annualized cost of this position is $70,301 for salary and $30,103 for fringe benefits. Senate "A" makes a clarifying change that does not result in any fiscal 1 The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts administered by the Comptroller. The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost associated with most personnel changes is 42.82% of payroll in FY 24. 2023SB-01125-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2 impact. The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation. 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.