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

Plain English Breakdown

The official status shows 'Passed Legislature' but no effective date is listed, though Section 1 states it takes effect from passage. The actual implementation depends on final enrollment and potential executive action not shown here.

Study on Work Rules for Teens Aged 16 and 17

This law requires the Labor Commissioner to study jobs that sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds are currently banned from holding under state or federal rules.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Labor Commissioner to identify job positions where minors aged 16 and 17 cannot work.
• Looks at bans created by both state law and federal law.
• Also looks at bans that exist only in state law but not in federal law.
• Sets a deadline of January 1, 2027, for the study to be finished.
• Requires the Commissioner to send the results and any new law ideas to the labor committee.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Labor Commissioner
• Minors who are sixteen or seventeen years old

Terms To Know

Labor Commissioner

The state official responsible for studying workplace rules.

General Assembly

The group of elected officials who make laws in the state legislature.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill only orders a study; it does not change any current work rules for teens.
• The final report may include recommendations, but those are not guaranteed to become law.
• The text does not list specific job titles that will be studied.

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

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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