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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6037
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3108
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FARRAR K., 20th Dist.
REP. BROWN, 56th Dist.
REP. FORTIER, 79th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF PRINT AND DIGITAL
ADVERTISING BY THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 58 of the general statutes be amended to require each 1
state agency procuring print or digital advertising, within available 2
appropriations, to contract with a commercial or nonprofit publisher of 3
news whose principal place of business is in this state for not less than 4
fifteen per cent of the total annual value of such agency's contracts for 5
such advertising, except for print or digital advertising that is primarily 6
directed at an out-of-state audience or if granted a waiver by the 7
Commissioner of Administrative Services. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require executive branch state agencies to purchase a certain
percentage of procured print or digital advertising from in-state
commercial or nonprofit news publishers, with certain exceptions.