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Senate file compiles Campaign Finance Board recommendations to clarify lobbyist definitions and expert witness rules
Summary
Senate File 25‑62 compiles the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board's recommendations to clarify who must register as a lobbyist, define expert witnesses, and adjust coverage for certain local officials; the committee heard multiple industry stakeholders and laid the bill over for further work.
Senator Westland presented Senate File 25‑62 on March 25 as a compilation of the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board's recommendations to clarify lobbying rules adopted since 2023.
The bill would (among other changes) refine the definition of "expert witness," exempting such witnesses from registration when their communications occur in public forums or are otherwise public; require lobbyists to report information on expert witnesses who communicate with public or local officials at a principal's…
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