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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut requires Labor Commissioner to study Labor Department by 2027
Last action · April 7, 2026: File Number 455
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What This Bill Proposed
The Connecticut General Assembly directs the Labor Commissioner to conduct an internal study of the Labor Department and submit a report with potential legislative recommendations by January 1, 2027.
Establishes a statutory reporting deadline for an administrative review of state labor operations without altering agency funding or municipal duties.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Labor Department
The agency is the subject of a mandated administrative study and reporting requirement.
General Assembly
The legislature is designated to receive the study report and potential legislative recommendations.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 455
- Apr 7, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 267
- Apr 7, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 30, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 12:00 PM
- Mar 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/24
- Feb 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Version history
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 15)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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