Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Tennessee ethics office briefs House on gifts, campaign-finance rules and reporting deadlines

2124222 · January 16, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Officials from the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance conducted required annual training for House members on Jan. 13, covering TCA 3-6-113 disclosures, gift prohibitions, campaign contribution limits and recent advisory guidance on indirect gifts.

The Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance (the Bureau) provided the House its annual ethics and campaign finance briefing on Jan. 13, reviewing filing deadlines, disclosure obligations and recent advisory guidance.

Lauren Topping, general counsel for the bureau, told members the annual statement-of-interest disclosure is due April 15, 2025, and must be amended through the year for changes such as travel paid by outside parties, consulting income over certain thresholds and any contract for campaign services. “You are required to disclose travel expenses, including any expenses which are incidental to that travel, if that travel…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

  • Unlimited articles
  • AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
  • Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
  • Follow topics and more locations
  • 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans