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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6906
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section and 1
section 2 of this act, "federal employee" includes individuals employed 2
directly by the federal government and individuals whose wages and 3
salaries are provided through federal grants or other federal funds. 4
(b) Not later than September 1, 2025, the Commissioner of 5
Administrative Services shall develop and implement policies and 6
procedures in order to give preference in hiring to federal employees 7
who were laid off or retired from federal service on or after January 1, 8
2025. If any such individuals are offered a position in state service, the 9
commissioner shall consider such individual's years in federal service 10
when deciding such individual's classification and pay grade. 11
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than September 1, 2025, the 12
Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, organize 13
and hold a job fair for federal employees who were laid off or retired 14
from federal service on or after January 1, 2025, in order to help facilitate 15
reemployment of such employees in private employment. 16
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) Not later than September 1, 2025, The 17 Substitute Bill No. 6906
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University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State University System 18
shall, within available appropriations, develop a job portal with 19
positions for applicants who, on or before January 1, 2025, were 20
previously employed by a higher education institution in the United 21
States to perform federally funded research. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Sec. 3 from passage New section
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