Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6904: AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR STRIKING WORKERS.
Status: Introduced, February 6, 2025
What the bill says
An act concerning unemployment benefits for striking workers. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR STRIKING WORKERS. Assembly convened: Section 1. Subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 31-236 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): (3) During any week in which the administrator finds that the individual's total or partial unemployment is due to the existence of a labor dispute other than a lockout at the factory, establishment or other premises at which the individual is or has been employed, [provided] except that the provisions of this subsection do not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the administrator that: (A) For a labor dispute that begins on or after December 14, 2026, such labor dispute has been continuous for fourteen days since the commencement of such labor dispute; (B) (i) the individual is not participating in or financing or directly interested in the labor dispute that caused the unemployment, and [(B)] (ii) the individual does not belong to a trade, class or organization of workers, members of which, immediately before the LCO No. 249 1 of Raised Bill No. 6904 commencement of the labor dispute, were employed at the premises at which the labor dispute occurred, and are participating in or financing or directly interested in the dispute; or (C) the individual's unemployment is …
Sponsors
- Bob Godfrey (D, 110) · primary sponsor
- Steven Winter (D, 94)
- Emmanuel Sanchez (D, 24)
- Roland Lemar (D, 96)
- Brandon Chafee (D, 33)
- Marcus Brown (D, 127)
- Mike Demicco (D, 21)
- Anne Hughes (D, 135)
- Laurie Sweet (D, 91)
- Kevin Brown (D, 56)
- Nicholas Gauthier (D, 38)
- Kaitlyn Shake (D, 120)
Latest actions
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- : House Calendar Number 144
- : File Number 191
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/25 12:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable
- : Public Hearing 02/13
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Common questions
- What is HB6904?
- HB6904 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2025 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR STRIKING WORKERS.
- What does HB6904 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning unemployment benefits for striking workers. assembly convened.
- What is the status of HB6904?
- Introduced as of February 6, 2025. Latest action: Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (March 24, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB6904?
- Bob Godfrey (D, 110), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB6904?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB06904&which_year=2025
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