Senate Bill No. 226 is an act that proposes to increase the threshold for sealed bidding on certain municipal contracts. The bill amends Subsection (a) of section 7-148v of the general statutes, which allows municipalities to establish their own competitive bidding requirements for awarding contracts or purchasing property. The current law sets a maximum threshold for sealed bidding at twenty-five thousand dollars, meaning that any contracts or purchases above this value require sealed bidding.

The bill seeks to amend this threshold by increasing it to fifty thousand dollars. This means that municipalities would not be required to use sealed bidding for contracts or purchases valued at or below fifty thousand dollars. The bill emphasizes that this change would not invalidate any ordinances enacted by municipalities before October 1, 1989, and it would not limit the ability of a municipality to enter into a contract pursuant to section 4a-53a. The bill was set to become effective on October 1, 2024, but it was vetoed on May 29, 2024.