Connecticut HB 5453: AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY REGARDING STATE-WIDE ESSENTIAL WORKER AND FIRST RESPONDER JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.

Status: SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 545 (as of 2026-05-04)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2026 · Bill: HB 5453

Subjects: Administrative Services, Department of, Advertising, Emergency medical responders, Jobs, Reports, Studies

Sponsors: Amy Morrin Bello, Anthony L. Nolan, Ben Mcgorty, Craig C. Fishbein, Cristin Mccarthy Vahey, Dave W. Yaccarino, Greg S. Howard, Irene M. Haines, Jaime S. Foster, Jill Barry, Kenneth Gucker, Laurie Sweet, Marcus Brown, Martin Foncello, Michael "mj" Shannon, Michael D. Quinn, Mitch Bolinsky, Tom Delnicki, Tony J. Scott

Bill Text

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General Assembly  
Raised Bill No. 5453  
February Session, 2026 
 
LCO No. 1943 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(PS)  
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY REGARDING STATE-WIDE 
ESSENTIAL WORKER AND FIRST RESPONDER JOB 
CLASSIFICATIONS.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative 1 
Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Emergency Services 2 
and  Public  Protection  and  the  Labor  Commissioner,  shall  conduct  a 3 
study to (1) determine whether a state-wide "essential worker" or "first 4 
responder"  job  classification  should  be  established,  and  (2)  if  so,  (A) 5 
determine what effect, if any, such classifications would have on the jobs 6 
that  fit  within  such  classifications,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  any 7 
effect on employee benefits or the requirements applicable to such jobs, 8 
(B)   develop   definitions   of   such   classifications,   and   (C)   determine 9 
whether  telecommunicators,  as  defined  in  section  28-30  of  the  general 10 
statutes,  and  employees  of  public  works  departments,  as  defined  in 11 
section  31-57s  of  the  general  statutes,  should  be  classified  as  essential 12 
workers   or   first   responders.   Not   later   than   January   1,   2027,   the 13 
Commissioner  of  Administrative  Services  shall  submit  a  report,  in 14 
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 15 

Raised Bill No. 5453 
 
 
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concerning the results of such study to the joint standing committee of 16 
the  General  Assembly  having  cognizance  of matters  relating  to  public 17 
safety and security. 18 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
from passage 
New section 
 
PS Joint Favorable

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