And something for themselves. Legislators to vote to make it easier to accept free UConn sports tickets.

The House may soon vote on changes to the state’s already weak ethics laws to raise raise the amounts that may be spent on entertaining them. H.B. 5532 even raises the amount that may be spent on honoring a legislature with a plaque.

The centerpiece of the proposal allows “a constituent unit” of state government to provide tickets to a public official or state employment and a guest to a sporting event once a year. With UConn basketball tickets commanding a significant price, this is a generous gift legislators are voting for themselves at a time when public confidence in our democratic institutions in perilously low.

Published April 27, 2026.