General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6319 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1617 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: REP. LOPES T., 24th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6319 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1617 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: REP. LOPES T., 24th Dist. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PREFERENCE FOR CONNECTICUT COMPANIES FOR STATE CONTRACTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That chapter 62 the general statutes be amended to require that once an original lowest responsible qualified bid for a state contract is identified, the state contracting agency shall add a two per cent increase to the original bid of each nonresident bidder. Statement of Purpose: To establish a preference for Connecticut companies bidding on state contracts.