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House Bill 320 would require legislators to disclose travel paid by outside groups; committee holds bill for redraft
Summary
Rep. Stephanie Mickelson introduced House Bill 320 to require legislators to disclose travel paid by outside groups; the committee held the bill subject to the call of the chair to allow redrafting to clarify definitions and possible extension to executive or judicial branches.
Representative Stephanie Mickelson told the House State Affairs Committee that House Bill 320 would require legislators to disclose travel "where they're going, what the purpose of their travel was" when the travel is paid for by outside groups. "We are taxpayers, that we are transparent to our taxpayers and they recognise who may be helping influence policy in our state and that's the purpose of this," Mickelson said.
Mickelson said personal travel paid for entirely…
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