Connecticut HB 5405: AN ACT CONCERNING OWNERS, OPERATORS AND LESSEES OF CRANES AND HOISTING EQUIPMENT.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5405
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING OWNERS, OPERATORS AND LESSEES OF
CRANES AND HOISTING EQUIPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 29-221 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Examining Board for 3
Crane Operators established under section 29-222, as amended by this 4
act; (2) "commissioner" means the Commissioner of Administrative 5
Services; (3) "crane" means power-operated equipment that can hoist, 6
lower and horizontally move a suspended load and which has a 7
manufacturer's maximum rated hoisting or lifting capacity exceeding 8
two thousand pounds, including, but not limited to: (A) Articulating 9
cranes such as knuckle-boom cranes, (B) crawler cranes, (C) floating 10
cranes, (D) cranes on barges, (E) locomotive cranes, (F) mobile cranes 11
such as wheel-mounted, rough terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck-12
mounted and boom truck cranes, (G) multipurpose machines when 13
configured to hoist and lower, by means of a winch or hook, and 14
horizontally move a suspended load, (H) industrial cranes such as 15
carry-deck cranes, (I) dedicated pile drivers when used in construction, 16
demolition or excavation work, (J) service or mechanic trucks with a 17
hoisting device, (K) cranes on monorails, (L) tower cranes such as fixed 18
jib hammerhead boom, luffing boom and self-erecting, (M) pedestal 19

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cranes, (N) portal cranes, (O) overhead and gantry cranes, (P) straddle 20
cranes, (Q) side boom cranes, (R) derricks, and (S) variations of such 21
equipment; (4) "hoisting equipment", other than cranes, means 22
motorized equipment (A) used in construction, demolition or 23
excavation work, (B) at a construction site for a project, other than a 24
project involving residential structures of less than four stories, the 25
estimated cost of which is more than one million two hundred fifty 26
thousand dollars, and (C) which has a manufacturer's rated hoisting or 27
lifting capacity exceeding five tons and a manufacturer's rated 28
maximum reach in excess of thirty-two feet; (5) "department" means the 29
Department of Administrative Services; [and] (6) "apprentice" means a 30
person who is not licensed under this chapter, who has filed an 31
application for a license with the board and whose employer has 32
registered him or her with the board to learn crane operations or 33
hoisting equipment operations under the direct supervision of a 34
licensed operator in accordance with section 29-224c; and (7) "lessee" 35
means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability 36
company, association or other legal entity that rents or leases a crane or 37
hoisting equipment. 38
Sec. 2. Section 29-222 of the general statutes is repealed and the 39
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 40
There shall be in the Department of Administrative Services an 41
Examining Board for Crane Operators consisting of [five] seven 42
members who shall be residents of this state. Members shall be 43
appointed by the Governor subject to the provisions of section 4-9a. One 44
member shall be an employee of the department, [one member shall be 45
a crane operator] two members shall be crane operators having at least 46
ten years of experience, [one member] two members shall represent the 47
interests of crane owners and two members shall be public members. 48
Members shall not be compensated for their services but shall be 49
reimbursed for necessary expenses in the performance of their duties. A 50
quorum of the board for the purpose of transacting business shall exist 51
only when there is present, in person, a majority of its membership. Any 52
member absent from (1) three consecutive meetings of the board, or (2) 53

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fifty per cent of such meetings during any calendar year shall be deemed 54
to have resigned from the board. 55
Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 29-223a of the general statutes is 56
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 57
1, 2026): 58
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Engineers 59
under the jurisdiction of the United States, (2) engineers or operators 60
employed by public utilities or industrial manufacturing plants, (3) any 61
person operating either a bucket truck or a digger derrick designed and 62
used for an electrical generation, electrical transmission, electrical 63
distribution, electrical catenary or electrical signalization project, if such 64
person: (A) Holds a valid limited electrical line contractor or 65
journeyman's license issued pursuant to chapter 393 or any regulation 66
adopted pursuant to said chapter, or (B) has engaged in the installation 67
of electrical line