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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6327
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Introduced by:
(GOS)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF THE OFFICE OF POLICY
AND MANAGEMENT TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT
CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS AWARDED TO OUT -OF-STATE
BUSINESSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-67i of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) Not later than January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter, 3
each state agency, as defined in section 4-212, shall submit to the 4
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for approval an 5
agency procurement plan that includes, but is not limited to, a list of all 6
services and programs the agency intends to contract for over the three-7
year period next succeeding such report, and a planned schedule of 8
procurements indicating whether such procurements shall be based on 9
competitive negotiation or competitive quotations, or whether the state 10
agency has determined that a sole source purchase of services is 11
required and the agency intends to apply to the secretary for a waiver 12
in accordance with the guidelines adopted under section 4-216. 13
(b) As used in this subsection, "resident business" means a business 14
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whose principal place of business is located inside of this state and 15
"nonresident business" means a business whose principal place of 16
business is located outside of this state. Not later than December 1, 2025, 17
and annually thereafter, each state agency, as defined in section 4-212, 18
shall report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management all 19
contracts awarded to nonresident businesses, including for each such 20
contract whether any resident businesses bid on such contract and the 21
reasons why the state agency selected a nonresident business in lieu of 22
a resident business, if applicable. The initial report shall include all 23
contracts awarded on or after July 1, 2025, and subsequent reports shall 24
include all contracts awarded since the date of the immediately 25
preceding report. Not later than January 1, 2026, and annually 26
thereafter, the secretary shall compile all such reports received and 27
submit a summary, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, 28
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 29
cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 4-67i
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to
submit an annual report concerning any state contracts awarded to out-
of-state businesses.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.
H.B. 6327