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Ethics office reports high compliance on lobbyist filings; commission's recusal‑rule draft open for public comment
Summary
Staff reported that less than 1% of lobbyist reports were late in the most recent cycle. Commissioners also received an update from a procedural subcommittee working on a draft recusal regulation and were reminded public comment closes Feb. 6.
Staff reported to the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission that lobbyist filing compliance for the most recent lobbyist reporting period was high: of 1,209 required reports, staff issued only 11 failure‑to‑file notices — less than 1 percent.
"For the January 10 lobbyist report, there were 1,209 lobbying reports that needed to be filed. Only 11 failure to files had to go out, which is less than 1 percent," Executive Director Mark Scoglin said, and he commended staffer Jessica White for her work on the filings.
Separately, commissioners received an update from the procedural regulation subcommittee working on a draft recusal regulation. Subcommittee members have met in December and January and a draft appeared in the commission's materials for discussion. Commissioners were reminded that the commission's public comment period for the procedural regulations is open through Thursday, Feb. 6, and were encouraged to submit edits or suggested language to staff for compilation ahead of a future meeting.
The subcommittee emphasized that the draft is for discussion and that staff will collect commissioner and public input into a single document for consideration at a subsequent meeting. Commissioners asked staff to explain how to submit clarifying questions and edits in a way that preserves open‑meeting rules; staff advised emailed comments would be compiled and posted with meeting materials rather than circulated privately among commissioners.
