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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1465
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 5811
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF CONSUMER
PROTECTION TO ALLOW CERTAIN SKILLED TRADE LICENSEES TO
DEVIATE FROM CERTAIN SKILLED TRADE HIRING RATIOS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-332b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall amend existing 3
regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted pursuant to section 4
20-332 to specify the following allowable hiring ratios regarding 5
apprentices, journeymen and contractors for the following trades: 6
T1 TRADE
T2 Electrical, Plumbing, Heating, Piping and Cooling,
T3 Sprinkler Fitter and Sheet Metal Work
T4
T5 Apprentices Licensees
T6 (Journeymen or Contractors)
T7 1 1
T8 2 2
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T10 4 6
T11 5 9
T12 6 12
T13 7 15
T14 8 18
T15 9 21
T16 10 24
T17
T18 Ratio continues at 3 Journeypersons
T19 To 1 Apprentice
(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this 7
section, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may allow a licensed 8
contractor in the electrical, plumbing, heating, piping and cooling, 9
sprinkler fitter or sheet metal work trades to hire one or more additional 10
apprentices even if the licensed contractor does not employ a sufficient 11
number of licensees to satisfy the applicable allowing hiring ratio 12
established in the regulations amended pursuant to subsection (a) of this 13
section, provided: 14
(A) The licensed contractor submits an application to the Department 15
of Consumer Protection, in a form and manner prescribed by the 16
commissioner, for each such apprentice, which application shall (i) 17
disclose the name of the licensed contractor and the name of the 18
apprentice, (ii) demonstrate that good cause exists for the commissioner 19
to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice, and (iii) include 20
any other information the commissioner, in the commissioner's 21
discretion, deems relevant for the purposes of this subsection; and 22
(B) The commissioner determines, after reviewing the application 23
submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and in the 24
commissioner's discretion, that good cause exists for the commissioner 25
to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice. 26
(2) Not later than ten business days after a licensed contractor 27
submits an application to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection 28
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the 29
commissioner shall (A) complete the commissioner's review of such 30 Raised Bill No. 1465
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application, (B) determine whether good cause exists for the 31
commissioner to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice, 32
and (C) send notice to the licensed contractor, in a form and manner 33
prescribed by the commissioner, disclosing the commissioner's 34
determination regarding whether good cause exists for the 35
commissioner to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice. 36
(3) If the Commissioner of Consumer Protection does not send notice 37
to the licensed contractor within the ten-business-day period 38
established in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the licensed contractor's 39
application shall be deemed to have been approved by the 40
commissioner. 41
(4) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, in accordance 42
with the provisions of chapter 54, amend any regulations adopted 43
pursuant to section 20-332 and amended pursuant to subsection (a) of 44
this section for the purposes of this subsection. 45
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 20-332b
GL Joint Favorable