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SB00437 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MINORS AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN THE WORKPLACE.

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MINORS AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN THE WORKPLACE.

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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
2026-03-06
Official status
Public Hearing 03/10
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the content of the report or recommendations beyond January 1, 2027.

Study on Jobs for Older Teens

This law requires the Labor Commissioner to study jobs that sixteen and seventeen-year-olds are currently prohibited from working in under state and federal laws.

What This Bill Does

  • The Labor Commissioner must look into positions that teens aged 16 and 17 cannot legally work in according to state or federal rules.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Labor Commissioner
  • Sixteen and seventeen-year-old minors

Terms To Know

Labor Commissioner
A person in charge of overseeing labor laws and regulations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It does not specify what the study will find or if any changes to current laws will happen.
  • The bill only addresses studying job restrictions, not changing them.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/10

  2. 2026-03-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees

Official Summary Text

To require the Labor Commissioner to study positions that minors who are sixteen and seventeen years of age are currently prohibited from holding under state and federal law.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
LCO No. 2755 1 of 2

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 437
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2755

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MINORS AT LEAST SIXTEEN
YEARS OF AGE IN THE WORKPLACE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Labor Commissioner shall study 1
positions that minors who are sixteen and seventeen years of age are 2
currently prohibited from being employed (1) under state or federal law, 3
and (2) under state law, but not federal law. Not later than January 1, 4
2027, the commissioner shall submit the results of such study along with 5
any recommendations for legislation, in accordance with the provisions 6
of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee 7
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor 8
and public employees. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

Raised Bill No. 437

LCO No. 2755 2 of 2

Statement of Purpose:
To require the Labor Commissioner to study positions that minors who
are sixteen and seventeen years of age are currently prohibited from
holding under state and federal law.

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