| 24 | | - | Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 31-23 of the 1 |
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| 25 | | - | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2 |
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| 26 | | - | thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 3 |
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| 27 | | - | (b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this 4 |
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| 28 | | - | section, a minor who has reached the age of fourteen may be employed 5 |
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| 29 | | - | or permitted to work as a caddie or in a pro shop at any municipal or 6 |
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| 30 | | - | private golf course, and a minor who has reached the age of fifteen may 7 |
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| 31 | | - | be employed or permitted to work as a staff member at a youth camp, 8 |
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| 32 | | - | as defined in section 19a-420, as a lifeguard or in any mercantile 9 |
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| 33 | | - | establishment as a bagger, cashier or stock clerk, provided such 10 |
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| 34 | | - | employment is (A) limited to periods of school vacation during which 11 |
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| 35 | | - | school is not in session for five consecutive days or more except that 12 |
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| 36 | | - | such minor employed in a [retail food store] mercantile establishment 13 |
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| 37 | | - | may work on any Saturday during the year; (B) for not more than forty 14 |
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| 38 | | - | hours in any week; (C) for not more than eight hours in any day; and 15 |
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| 39 | | - | (D) between the hours of seven o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock 16 |
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| 40 | | - | Committee Bill No. 6414 |
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| 43 | | - | LCO No. 4899 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | | - | in the evening, except that from July first to the first Monday in 17 |
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| 46 | | - | September in any year, any such minor may be employed until nine 18 |
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| 47 | | - | o'clock in the evening. Any minor who has reached the age of fifteen 19 |
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| 48 | | - | and is employed or works as a staff member at a youth camp or as a 20 |
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| 49 | | - | lifeguard shall be supervised by a person of at least eighteen years of 21 |
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| 50 | | - | age. 22 |
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| 51 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 52 | | - | sections: |
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| 54 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2025 31-23(b)(1) |
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| 23 | + | That section 31-23 of the general statutes be amended to allow a 1 |
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| 24 | + | minor who has reached the age of fifteen to be employed or permitted 2 |
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| 25 | + | to work in a mercantile establishment under the same conditions as a 3 |
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| 26 | + | minor who has reached the age of fifteen employed in a retail food store. 4 |
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| 57 | | - | To allow fifteen-year-olds to work in retail stores under the same |
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| 58 | | - | conditions as fifteen-year-olds employed in grocery stores. |
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| 60 | | - | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 61 | | - | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 62 | | - | underlined.] |
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| 64 | | - | Co-Sponsors: REP. BERGER-GIRVALO, 111th Dist.; REP. ANDERSON, 62nd |
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| 65 | | - | Dist. |
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| 67 | | - | H.B. 6414 |
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| 28 | + | To allow fifteen year olds to work in retail stores under the same |
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| 29 | + | conditions as fifteen year olds employed in grocery stores. |
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