COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – After Ohio lawmakers approved a plan to designate $600 million to a new Cleveland Browns stadium, a recently introduced bill would bar them from accepting free tickets to professional sporting events.

Under House Bill 409, introduced on Aug. 7 by Reps. Sean Brennan (D-Parma) and Karen Brownlee (D-Symmes Township), lawmakers could only accept free or discounted tickets to professional sports games if the tickets are part of a promotion that is also available to the public.

Brownlee said lawmakers receiving free tickets could raise ethical concerns after legislators passed a controversial provision in the state budget that allocated millions from the state’s pool of unclaimed funds -- money that many residents may be unaware they possess from sources such as inactiv

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