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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1125 (File 300, as amended by Senate "A")*
AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICESHIP REPORTING DATA.
SUMMARY
This bill requires each person sponsoring a Department of Labor
(DOL)-registered apprenticeship program on or after July 1, 2024, to
annually submit to DOL specified information related to the program.
The bill requires sponsors to submit the following information:
1. the minimum completion rate of the sponsor’s apprentices;
2. the number of registered apprentices (a) currently participating
in the program and (b) who have separated from the program
since the date of their previous registration, or year to date for
new sponsors;
3. the number of licensed journeypersons the sponsor currently
employs;
4. the number of registered apprentices participating in the
program who have advanced a year since the previous
registration, or year to date for new sponsors;
5. the number of apprentices who have completed the sponsor’s
apprenticeship program since the previous registration, or year
to date for new sponsors; and
6. the number of apprentices who completed the sponsor’s program
who (a) have been issued a Department of Consumer Protection
occupational license and (b) are currently employed by the
sponsor.
The bill requires that all information be submitted as prescribed by 2023SB-01125-R01-BA.DOCX
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the commissioner, and disaggregated by gender identity, race, and
ethnicity. Sponsors must submit the information along with the annual
registration fee required by existing law.
Under the bill, the provided information is considered a public record
and is publicly available for inspection and copying under the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) (see BACKGROUND).
*Senate Amendment “A” clarifies that the data reporting
requirement applies not just to existing apprenticeship sponsors as of
July 1, 2024, but also to any new ones that begin after that date.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
BACKGROUND
Document Inspection Under FOIA
Under FOIA, any person applying in writing must receive, promptly
upon request, a plain, facsimile, electronic, or certified copy of any
public record. The type of copy provided is within the public agency’s
discretion, except (1) when requested, the agency must provide a
certified copy and (2) if the applicant does not have access to a computer
or fax machine, the public agency must not send the applicant an
electronic or fax copy. Among other related provisions, the law sets
limits on fees a public agency can charge and in what situations the fees
must be waived (CGS § 1-212).
COMMITTEE ACTION
Labor and Public Employees Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 8 Nay 4 (03/16/2023)
Appropriations Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 41 Nay 12 (05/15/2023)