Connecticut HB 5546: AN ACT ALLOWING OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY FIREARMS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5546
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, STATUTORILY
RECOGNIZED INDIGENOUS TRIBES AND SECURITY FOR
CANDIDATES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CAMPAIGN STAFFS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 9-612 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2026): 3
(f) (1) As used in this subsection and subsections (g) and (h) of this 4
section: 5
(A) "Quasi-public agency" has the same meaning as provided in 6
section 1-120. 7
(B) "State agency" means any office, department, board, council, 8
commission, institution or other agency in the executive or legislative 9
branch of state government. 10
(C) "State contract" means an agreement or contract with the state or 11
any state agency or any quasi-public agency, let through a procurement 12
process or otherwise, having a value of fifty thousand dollars or more, 13
or a combination or series of such agreements or contracts having a 14
value of one hundred thousand dollars or more in a calendar year, for 15
(i) the rendition of services, (ii) the furnishing of any goods, material, 16
supplies, equipment or any items of any kind, (iii) the construction, 17

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alteration or repair of any public building or public work, (iv) the 18
acquisition, sale or lease of any land or building, (v) a licensing 19
arrangement, or (vi) a grant, loan or loan guarantee. "State contract" 20
does not include any agreement or contract with the state, any state 21
agency or any quasi-public agency that is exclusively federally funded, 22
an education loan, a loan to an individual for other than commercial 23
purposes or any agreement or contract between the state or any state 24
agency and the United States Department of the Navy or the United 25
States Department of Defense. 26
(D) "State contractor" means a person, business entity or nonprofit 27
organization that enters into a state contract. Such person, business 28
entity or nonprofit organization shall be deemed to be a state contractor 29
until December thirty-first of the year in which such contract terminates. 30
"State contractor" does not include a municipality, [or] any other 31
political subdivision of the state or any indigenous tribe of the state 32
recognized under subsection (b) of section 47-59a, including any entities 33
or associations duly created by the municipality, [or] political 34
subdivision or indigenous tribe exclusively amongst themselves to 35
further any purpose authorized by statute, [or] charter or tribal law, or 36
an employee in the executive or legislative branch of state government 37
or a quasi-public agency, whether in the classified or unclassified service 38
and full or part-time, and only in such person's capacity as a state or 39
quasi-public agency employee. 40
(E) "Prospective state contractor" means a person, business entity or 41
nonprofit organization that (i) submits a response to a state contract 42
solicitation by the state, a state agency or a quasi-public agency, or a 43
proposal in response to a request for proposals by the state, a state 44
agency or a quasi-public agency, until the contract has been entered into, 45
or (ii) holds a valid prequalification certificate issued by the 46
Commissioner of Administrative Services under section 4a-100. 47
"Prospective state contractor" does not include a municipality, [or] any 48
other political subdivision of the state or any indigenous tribe of the 49
state recognized under subsection (b) of section 47-59a, including any 50
entities or associations duly created by the municipality, [or] political 51

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subdivision or indigenous tribe exclusively amongst themselves to 52
further any purpose authorized by statute, [or] charter or tribal law, or 53
an employee in the executive or legislative branch of state government 54
or a quasi-public agency, whether in the classified or unclassified service 55
and full or part-time, and only in such person's capacity as a state or 56
quasi-public agency employee. 57
(F) "Principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor" 58
means (i) any individual who is a member of the board of directors of, 59
or has an ownership interest of five per cent or more in, a state contractor 60
or prospective state contractor, which is a business entity, except for an 61
individual who is a member of the board of directors of a nonprofit 62
organization, (ii) an individual who is employed by a state contractor or 63
prospective state contractor, which is a business entity, as president, 64
treasurer or executive vice president, (iii) an individual who is the chief 65
executive officer of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, 66
which is not a business entity, or if a state contractor or prospective state