Connecticut HB 5532: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS FOR REVISIONS TO THE STATE CODES OF ETHICS, REDEFINING "GIFT" FOR PURPOSES OF SAID CODES AND INCREASING VARIOUS MONETARY THRESHOLDS IN SAID CODES.

Status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR (as of 2026-05-19)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2026 · Bill: HB 5532

Subjects: Attorney General, Audits, Beverages, Campaign financing, Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, Disclosure, Employment, Ethics, Ethics code for lobbyists, Ethics code for public officials, Faculty, Food, Gifts, Governor, Investment services, Legislative Commissioners' Office, Lobbyists, Public officials, Spouses, State Ethics, Office of, State Treasurer, State contracts, State employee political activity, State employees, State university collective bargaining agreements, Technical Education and Career System

Sponsors: Rob Sampson, Kenneth Gucker, Eric C. Berthel, Jason Perillo, Stephen G. Harding

Bill Text

House Bill No. 5532 
 
Public Act No. 26-66 
 
 
AN   ACT   IMPLEMENTING   THE   RECOMMENDATIONS   OF   THE 
OFFICE  OF  STATE  ETHICS  FOR  REVISIONS  TO  THE  STATE 
CODES OF ETHICS, REDEFINING "GIFT" FOR PURPOSES OF SAID 
CODES AND INCREASING VARIOUS MONETARY THRESHOLDS IN 
SAID CODES. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Subsection  (d)  of  section  1-80  of  the  general  statutes  is 
repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu  thereof  (Effective  from 
passage): 
(d) The board shall elect a chairperson who shall, except as provided 
in  subsection  (b)  of  section  1-82  and  subsection  (b)  of  section  1-93, 
preside at meetings of the board and a vice-chairperson to preside in the 
absence  of  the  chairperson. [Six] Five members  of  the  board  shall 
constitute a quorum. Except as provided in subdivision (3) of subsection 
(a) of section 1-81, subsections (a) and (b) of section 1-82, subsection (b) 
of section 1-88, subsection (e) of section 1-92, subsections (a) and (b) of 
section  1-93  and  subsection  (b)  of  section  1-99,  a  majority  vote  of  the 
members shall be required for action of the board. The chairperson or 
any three members may call a meeting. 
Sec. 2. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1-83 of the general statutes 
are  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu  thereof  (Effective 

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October 1, 2026): 
(a)  (1)  All  state-wide  elected  officers,  members  of  the  General 
Assembly, department heads and their deputies, members or directors 
of  each  quasi-public  agency,  members  of  the  Investment  Advisory 
Council and such other members of the Executive Department and such 
employees of quasi-public agencies as the Governor shall require, shall 
file  electronically  with  the  Office  of  State  Ethics  using  the  software 
created  by  the  office,  under  penalty  of  false  statement,  a  statement  of 
financial interests for the preceding calendar year on or before the May 
first next in any year in which they hold such an office or position. If, in 
any year, May first falls on a weekend or legal holiday, such statement 
shall be filed not later than the next business day. Any such individual 
who  leaves  his  or  her  office  or  position  shall  file  electronically  a 
statement of financial interests covering that portion of the year during 
which  such  individual  held  his  or  her  office  or  position.  The  Office  of 
State  Ethics  shall  notify  such  individuals  of  the  requirements  of  this 
subsection  not  later  than sixty days  after  their  departure  from  such 
office    or    position.    Such    individuals    shall    file    such    statement 
electronically not later than sixty days after receipt of the notification. 
(2) Each  state  agency,  department,  board  and  commission  shall 
develop and implement, in cooperation with the Office of State Ethics, 
an ethics statement as it relates to the mission of the agency, department, 
board   or   commission.   The   executive   head   of   each   such   agency, 
department,  board or commission  shall  be  directly  responsible  for the 
development and enforcement of such ethics statement and shall file a 
copy of such ethics statement with the Office of State Ethics. 
(b) (1) The  statement  of  financial  interests,  except  as  provided  in 
subdivision   (2)   of   this   subsection,   shall   include   the   following 
information for the preceding calendar year in regard to the individual 
required   to   file   the   statement   and   the   individual's   spouse   and 
dependent  children  residing  in  the  individual's  household:  (A)  The 

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names of all businesses with which associated; (B) all sources of income, 
including the name of each employer, with a description of the type of 
income received, in excess of one thousand dollars, without specifying 
amounts of income; (C) the name of securities in excess of five thousand 
dollars  at  fair  market  value  owned  by  such  individual,  spouse  or 
dependent children or held in the name of a corporation, partnership or 
trust for the benefit of such individual,  spouse or dependent children; 
(D) the existence of any known blind trust and the names of the trustees; 
(E) all real property and its location, whether owned by such individual, 
spouse  or  dependent  children  or  held  in  the  name  of  a  corporation, 
partnership  or  trust  for  the  benefit  of  such  individual,  spouse  or 
dependent children; (F) the names and addresses of creditors to whom 
the   individual,   the   individual's   spouse   or   dependent   children, 
individually,  owed  debts  of  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars;  (G)  any 
leases  or  contracts  with  the  state  or  a  quasi-public  agency  held  o

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