Connecticut SB 358: AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION ISSUES.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 358
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RETENTION OF SERVICE CONTRACT
WORKERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 31-57g of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) (1) "Assisted living services agency" has the same meaning as 3
provided in section 19a-490. 4
[(a) (1)] (2) "Awarding authority" means any person, including a 5
contractor or subcontractor, that awards or otherwise enters into a 6
contract or subcontract to perform (A) food and beverage services at 7
Bradley International Airport, and (B) on and after October 1, 2026, 8
services at a covered location. "Awarding authority" does not include 9
the federal government or the state. 10
(3) "Carrier" has the same meaning as provided in section 14-212. 11
[(2)] (4) "Contractor" means any person that enters into a service 12
contract with the awarding authority and any subcontractors to such 13
service contract at any tier who employs [ten] two or more persons. 14
(5) "Covered location" includes the following locations: (A) 15
Multifamily residential building or complex with fifty or more units, (B) 16

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a commercial center or complex or office building occupying more than 17
seventy-five thousand square feet, (C) municipal office building or 18
facility, (D) electric distribution company facility, (E) gas company 19
facility, (F) public or nonpublic school, (G) cultural center or complex, 20
including a museum, convention center, arena or performance hall, (H) 21
shopping mall or bank branch, (I) industrial site, (J) pharmaceutical lab, 22
(K) airport or train station, (L) hospital, nursing home facility or 23
institution operated or managed by an assisted living services agency, 24
(M) warehouse, distribution center or other facility in which the primary 25
purpose is the storage or distribution of general merchandise, 26
refrigerated goods or other products, (N) independent institution of 27
higher education campus, (O) property owned by a carrier that is used 28
for the transportation of students or related services, and (P) data center. 29
[(3)] (6) "Employee" means any person engaged to perform food and 30
beverage services at Bradley International Airport pursuant to a service 31
contract, but does not include a person who is (A) a managerial, 32
supervisory or confidential employee, including any person who would 33
be so defined under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or (B) 34
employed for less than fifteen hours per week. 35
(7) "Employer" means any person that employs two or more 36
employees or service workers. "Employer" includes any municipal or 37
local government, but does not include the federal government or the 38
state. 39
(8) "Hospital" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490. 40
(9) "Nursing home facility" has the same meaning as provided in 41
section 19a-490. 42
[(4)] (10) "Person" means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, 43
joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust association or 44
other entity that may employ or enter into other contracts, [including] 45
but does not include the state. [and its political subdivisions.] 46
[(5)] (11) "Service contract" means a contract for the performance of 47

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(A) food and beverage services by an employee at Bradley International 48
Airport, let by the awarding authority [(A)] (i) after July 1, 2001, and 49
before July 1, 2002, provided the successor contractor had actual 50
knowledge of the pendency in the General Assembly of proposed 51
legislation with content similar to this section, or [(B)] (ii) on or after July 52
1, 2002, or (B) services by a service worker at a covered location, let by 53
the awarding authority on or after October 1, 2026. 54
(12) (A) "Service worker" means a person engaged to perform any of 55
the following services: 56
(i) Care or maintenance services at a covered location, including 57
services performed by a security guard, front-desk worker, janitor, 58
housekeeper, maintenance employee, concierge, door attendant, 59
building superintendent, grounds maintenance worker, stationary 60
fireman, elevator operator or window cleaner; 61
(ii) Passenger-related security services, cargo and ramp services, in-62
terminal passenger and baggage handling and cleaning services at an 63
airport; 64
(iii) Food preparation or dietary services at a public or nonpublic 65
school, independent institution of higher education, hospital, nursing 66
home facility or institution operated or managed by an assisted living 67
services agency; 68
(iv) Health care services at a hospital, nursing home facility or 69
institution operated or managed by an assisted living services agency; 70
and 71
(v) Student transportation services; and 72
(B) "Service worker" does not