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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5323
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT ELIMINATING A SKILLED -TRADE LICENSING EXEMPTION
FOR FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-340 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) [Persons 3
employed by any federal, state or municipal agency; (2) employees] 4
Employees of any public service company regulated by the Public 5
Utilities Regulatory Authority or of any corporate affiliate of any such 6
company when the work performed by such affiliate is on behalf of a 7
public service company, but in either case only if the work performed is 8
in connection with the rendition of public utility service, including the 9
installation or maintenance of wire for community antenna television 10
service, or is in connection with the installation or maintenance of wire 11
or telephone sets for single-line telephone service located inside the 12
premises of a consumer; [(3)] (2) employees of any municipal 13
corporation specially chartered by this state; [(4)] (3) employees of any 14
contractor while such contractor is performing electrical-line or 15
emergency work for any public service company; [(5)] (4) persons 16
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engaged in the installation, maintenance, repair and service of electrical 17
or other appliances of a size customarily used for domestic use where 18
such installation commences at an outlet receptacle or connection 19
previously installed by persons licensed to do the same and 20
maintenance, repair and service is confined to the appliance itself and 21
its internal operation; [(6)] (5) employees of industrial firms whose main 22
duties concern the maintenance of the electrical work, plumbing and 23
piping work, solar thermal work, heating, piping, cooling work, sheet 24
metal work, elevator installation, repair and maintenance work, 25
automotive glass work or flat glass work of such firm on its own 26
premises or on premises leased by it for its own use; [(7)] (6) employees 27
of industrial firms when such employees' main duties concern the 28
fabrication of glass products or electrical, plumbing and piping, fire 29
protection sprinkler systems, solar, heating, piping, cooling, chemical 30
piping, sheet metal or elevator installation, repair and maintenance 31
equipment used in the production of goods sold by industrial firms, 32
except for products, electrical, plumbing and piping systems and repair 33
and maintenance equipment used directly in the production of a 34
product for human consumption; [(8)] (7) persons performing work 35
necessary to the manufacture or repair of any apparatus, appliances, 36
fixtures, equipment or devices produced by it for sale or lease; [(9)] (8) 37
employees of stage and theatrical companies performing the operation, 38
installation and maintenance of electrical equipment if such installation 39
commences at an outlet receptacle or connection previously installed by 40
persons licensed to make such installation; [(10)] (9) employees of 41
carnivals, circuses or similar transient amusement shows who install 42
electrical work, provided such installation shall be subject to the 43
approval of the State Fire Marshal prior to use as otherwise provided by 44
law and shall comply with applicable municipal ordinances and 45
regulations; [(11)] (10) persons engaged in the installation, maintenance, 46
repair and service of glass or electrical, plumbing, fire protection 47
sprinkler systems, solar, heating, piping, cooling and sheet metal 48
equipment in and about single-family residences owned and occupied 49
or to be occupied by such persons; provided any such installation, 50
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maintenance and repair shall be subject to inspection and approval by 51
the building official of the municipality in which such residence is 52
located and shall conform to the requirements of the State Building 53
Code; [(12)] (11) persons who install, maintain or repair glass in a motor 54
vehicle owned or leased by such persons; [(13)] (12) persons or entities 55
holding themselves out to be retail sellers of glass products, but not such 56
persons or entities that also engage in automotive glass work or flat 57
glass work; [(14)] (13) persons who install preglazed or preassembled 58
windows or doors in residential or commercial buildings; [(15)] (14) 59
persons registered under chapter 400 who install safety-backed mirror 60
products or repair or replace flat glass in sizes not greater than thirty 61
square feet in residential buildings; [(16)] (15) sheet metal work 62
performed in residential buildings consisting of six units or less by new 63
home construction contractors registered pursuant to chapter 399a, by 64
home improvement contractors registered pursuant to chapter 400 or by 65
persons licensed pursuant to this chapter, when such work is limited to 66
exhaust systems installed for hoods and fans in kitchens and baths, 67
clothes dryer exhaust systems, radon vent systems, fireplaces, fireplace 68
flues, masonry chimneys or prefabricated metal chimneys rated by 69
Underwriters Laboratories or installation of stand-alone appliances 70
including wood, pellet or other stand-alone stoves that are installed in 71
residential buildings by such contractors or persons; [(17)] (16) 72
employees of or any contractor employed by and under the direction of 73
a properly licensed solar contractor, performing work limited to the 74
hoisting, placement and anchoring of solar collectors, photovoltaic 75
panels, towers or turbines; [(18)] (17) persons performing swimming 76
pool maintenance and repair work authorized pursuant to section 20-77
417aa; and [(19)] (18) any employee of the Connecticut Airport 78
Authority covered by a state collective bargaining agreement. 79
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 20-340a of the general statutes is 80
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 81
2025): 82
(b) The Department of Consumer Protection shall also furnish an 83
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appropriate license, as provided in said section 20-334a, to any person 84
who (1) is an employee of any corporation which on January 1, 1984, 85
was a corporate affiliate of a telephone company, as so defined, and 86
which, on or before October 1, 1986, terminates such corporate 87
affiliation, (2) has been exempt from the provisions of this chapter 88
pursuant to the provisions of subdivision [(2)] (1) of section 20-340, as 89
amended by this act, as a result of being employed by such a corporation 90
at the time of such affiliation, (3) becomes subject to the provisions of 91
this chapter as a result of the termination of such affiliation, and (4) 92
applies for any such license in accordance with the provisions of this 93
chapter not later than July 18, 1988, provided any such employee shall 94
not be required to pass any examination in order to qualify for any such 95
license. 96
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 20-340
Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 20-340a(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate a provision exempting federal, state and municipal agency
employees from certain licensing requirements concerning skilled
tradespersons.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
H.B. 5323