HB05383 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING LABOR.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Labor and Public Employees Committee
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Signed by the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text states sections are effective 'from passage,' but does not provide a specific calendar date for that event in this excerpt.

Minor Updates to Connecticut Labor Laws

This law makes small changes to state rules about who counts as an employer, which workers are firefighters, how employers challenge unemployment charges due to fraud or error, and when doctors must report work-related illnesses caused by specific substances.

What This Bill Does

Updates the definition of 'state employer' to include airport authorities and entities that contract with them.
Expands the legal definition of 'firefighter' to cover fire marshals, inspectors, investigators, and workers at specific airports or their contractors.
Sets a rule that employers must file written protests within 40 days if they disagree with unemployment benefit charges due to fraud or error.
Requires doctors, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to report suspected work-related illnesses caused by toxic substances like lead or mercury within 48 hours.

Who It Names or Affects

State agencies, public colleges, airport authorities, and companies that contract with those airports
Fire marshals, fire inspectors, investigators, and firefighters in paid or volunteer departments including airport facilities
Employers who receive unemployment benefit charge statements
Physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses

Terms To Know

State employer: The state of Connecticut, its agencies, public colleges or universities, the Connecticut Airport Authority, the Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority, and any entity that contracts with these airport authorities.
Firefighter: A group including local fire marshals, investigators, inspectors who meet state standards, and uniformed members of paid or volunteer fire departments at municipalities, the state, or specific airports.

Limits and Unknowns

Reports made under this law cannot be used as evidence in civil lawsuits or workers' compensation claims.
Employers who fail to appeal an eligibility issue previously resolved against them cannot reopen that case based on a quarterly statement.
The official text does not list a specific calendar date for when the law takes effect, only stating it is effective from passage.

Bill History

2026-06-02 Connecticut General Assembly
Signed by the Governor
2026-05-22 Connecticut General Assembly
Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2026-05-22 Connecticut General Assembly
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
2026-05-14 LCO
Public Act 26-34
2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly
Senate Passed
2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly
On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
2026-04-10 Connecticut General Assembly
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2026-04-10 Connecticut General Assembly
Senate Calendar Number 350
2026-04-08 Connecticut General Assembly
House Passed
2026-03-19 LCO
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-03-19 Connecticut General Assembly
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2026-03-19 Connecticut General Assembly
House Calendar Number 93
2026-03-19 LCO
File Number 101
2026-03-13 LCO
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/26 5:00 PM
2026-03-06 LCO
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-03-05 LAB
Joint Favorable
2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly
Public Hearing 03/03
2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees

Official Summary Text

To make minor and technical revisions to statutes concerning labor.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House Bill No. 5383

Public Act No. 26-34

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS'
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS
TO STATUTES CONCERNING LABOR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 7 -313p of the
2026 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(5) "State employer" means the state of Connecticut, including any
agency or department of the state, any board of trustees of a state-owned
or supported college or university and branches thereof, the
Connecticut Airport Authority, the Tweed -New Haven Airport
Authority and any entity that contracts with the Tweed -New Haven
Airport Authority; and
Sec. 2. Section 7 -313g of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
For purposes of this section and sections 3 -123, 7 -313h to 7 -313k
inclusive, and 29 -303, "firefighter" shall include any (1) local fire
marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire investigator, fire inspector and such
other classes of inspectors and investigators f or whom the State Fire
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Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee, acting jointly, have
adopted minimum standards of qualification pursuant to section 29-298;
and (2) uniformed member of a paid municipal, state or volunteer fire
department or of the Connecticut Airport Author ity, the Tweed -New
Haven Airport Authority and any entity that contracts with the Tweed-
New Haven Airport Authority.
Sec. 3. Subdivision (3) of subsection (h) of section 31-225a of the 2026
supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(3) The statement of charges provided for in subdivision (2) of this
subsection shall constitute notice to the employer that it has been
determined that the benefits reported in such statement were properly
payable under this chapter to the claimants for the w eeks and in the
amounts shown in such statements. If the employer contends that
benefits have been improperly charged due to fraud or error, a written
protest setting forth reasons therefor shall be filed with the
administrator not later than forty day s [of] after the date the quarterly
statement was provided. An eligibility issue shall not be reopened on
the basis of such quarterly statement if notification of such eligibility
issue had previously been given to the employer under the provisions
of section 31-241, and he or she failed to file a timely appeal therefrom
or had the issue finally resolved against him or her.
Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 31-40cc of the 2026 supplement to the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Each physician, physician assistant or advanced practice
registered nurse having knowledge of any person whom such
physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse
suspects is suffering from an illness related to the exposure of lea d,
phosphorus, arsenic, brass, wood alcohol or mercury or their
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compounds, anthrax or compressed air, or any other disease contracted
as a result of the nature of the occupation of such person, shall, not later
than forty -eight hours [of] after discovery of such suspected
occupational disease, provide the Labor Department, in a form and
manner prescribed by the department, a report stating (1) the name,
address and occupation of such person, (2) the name, address and
business of such person's employer, (3) the nature of the disease, and (4)
any other information require d by the department. Any physician,
physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse who fails to
provide the report required pursuant to this section or who fails to send
such report within the time period prescribed by this section may be
assessed a civil penalty of not more than ten dollars by the Labor
Commissioner. No report made pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall be admissible as evidence in any civil action or for a
workers' compensation claim under chapter 568.