Connecticut SB 356: AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTIFIED PAYROLL AND DAILY LOGS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 356  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTIFIED 
PAYROLL AND DAILY LOGS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS 
PROJECTS.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 31-53 of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes 1 
is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu  thereof (Effective 2 
October 1, 2026): 3 
(a)   Each   contract   for   the   construction,   remodeling,   refinishing, 4 
refurbishing,  rehabilitation,  alteration  or  repair  of  any  public  works 5 
project by the state or any of its agents, or by any political subdivision 6 
of the state or any of its agents, including, on and after July 1, 2025, each 7 
contract  for  off-site  custom  fabrication  for  any  such  public  works 8 
project,  shall  contain  the  following  provision:  "The  wages  paid  on  an 9 
hourly  basis  to  any  person  performing  the  work  of  any  mechanic, 10 
laborer  or  worker  on  the  work  herein  contracted  to  be  done  and  the 11 
amount  of  payment  or  contribution  paid  or  payable  on  behalf  of  each 12 
such person to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (i) 13 
of this section, shall be at a rate equal to the rate customary or prevailing 14 
for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town in which 15 
such public  works project is being constructed. Any contractor who is 16 
not obligated by agreement to make payment or contribution on behalf 17 
of  such  persons  to  any  such  employee  welfare  fund  shall  pay  to  each 18 

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mechanic, laborer or worker as part of such person's wages the amount 19 
of payment or contribution for such person's classification on each pay 20 
day."  For  purposes  of  this  subsection,  "off-site  custom  fabrication" 21 
means the fabrication of mechanical systems that are fabricated at a site 22 
located within the state other than the location of a public works project, 23 
but are fabricated specifically for such public works project, including 24 
plumbing   systems,   heating   systems,   cooling   systems,   pipefitting 25 
systems, ventilation systems or exhaust duct systems. "Off-site custom 26 
fabrication"  does  not  include  components  or  materials  that  are  stock 27 
shelf items or readily available. 28 
(b) If  the  commissioner,  upon  inspection  or  investigation  of  a 29 
complaint, believes that a contractor or subcontractor has knowingly or 30 
wilfully employed any mechanic, laborer or worker in the construction, 31 
remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair 32 
of  any  public  works  project  for  or  on  behalf  of  the  state  or  any  of  its 33 
agents, or any political subdivision of the state or any of its agents, at a 34 
rate of wage on an hourly basis that is less than the rate customary or 35 
prevailing for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town 36 
in  which  such  public  works  project  is  being  constructed,  remodeled, 37 
refinished,  refurbished,  rehabilitated,  altered  or  repaired,  or  who has 38 
failed to pay the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable 39 
on behalf of each such person to any employee welfare fund, or in lieu 40 
thereof to the person, as provided by subsection (a) of this section, such 41 
contractor or subcontractor shall be issued a citation and may be fined 42 
five thousand dollars for each offense. The commissioner shall maintain 43 
a list of any contractor or subcontractor that, during the three preceding 44 
calendar years, violates this section or enters into a settlement with the 45 
commissioner  to  resolve  any  claim  brought  by  the  commissioner 46 
pursuant to this section. For each contractor or subcontractor placed on 47 
such  list,  the  commissioner  shall  record  the  following  information:  (1) 48 
The  nature  of  the  violation;  (2)  the  total  amount  of  wages  and  fringe 49 
benefits making up the violation or agreed upon in any settlement with 50 
the commissioner; and (3) the total amount of civil penalties and fines 51 
agreed upon by the commissioner. The commissioner shall review the 52 

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list on the first day of May each year for the preceding rolling three-year 53 
period and may refer for debarment any contractor or subcontractor that 54 
committed  a  violation  of  this  section  during  the  rolling  three-year 55 
period.  The  commissioner  shall  refer  for  debarment  any  contractor  or 56 
subcontractor that entered into one or more settlement agreements with 57 
the  commissioner  where  the  sum  total  of  all  settlements  within  such 58 
period exceeds fifty thousand dollars in back wages or fringe benefits, 59 
or   entered   into   one   or   more   settlem